...eyes, sans taste, sans everything. — Shakspeare. DESERTED VILLAGE. Sweet smiling village, lov'liest of the lawn ; Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn ; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the...

...thy bowers their cheerful influence shed ; These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet, smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...reflects the day, But choked with sedges works its weedy way ; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern* guards its nest ; Amidst...

...thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way ; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest ; Amidst...

...thy bowers their cheerful influence shed; These were thy charms — but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...reflects the day, But choked with sedges works its weedy way; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest; Amidst...

...round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms—but all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...plain; No more thy glassy brook reflects' the day, But, chok'd with sedges, works its weedy way; Along thy glades, a solitary guest, The hollow-sounding bittern...

...nations and, finally, the flight of the nation's children. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn. Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen And desolation saddens all thy greed; One only master grasps the whole domain And half a tillage stints thy smiling pain. . . . And...

...thy bowers their chearful influence shed, These were thy charms — But all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green. (lines 31-38) The semantic impoverishment is astonishing; not even nambypamby Philips wrote so simply...

...scene. (1. 1—8) BeLS; EnRP; FaFP; LaA; LiTB; NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OAEL-1; PoEL-3; SeCePo; TEP; TrGrPo 2 eCePo; SeCP; SeCV-1; WGRP The Timber 29 But thou beneath...Of death, doth waste all senseless, cold, and dark; (1. 35-40) JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1799-1832) The EH-King 1 "O father! O father! now, now, keep...

...thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms — But all these charms are fled, Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...domain, And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain: 40 No more thy glassy brook reflects the day, But, choked with sedges, works its weedy way. Along thy...

...remitting,' and 'toil taught to please,' 'succeeding sports,' and 'sports with sweet succession.' V. 35. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy...are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bow'rs the tyrant's hand is seen, And desolation saddens all thy green: One only master grasps the...