...Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green. * * * * While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land; And the milk-maid...pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures : Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast...

...that fine passage of his L'Allegro: Sometime walking, not unseen, * * * * " While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land; And the milk-maid...hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasure*, Whilst the landscape round it measures: Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling...

...elms, on hillocks green. * * * * While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land j And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets...pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures: Russet lawns, and fallows grey, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast...

...o'er the furrow'd land ; . • ' . And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his sithe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn...pleasures) 'Whilst the landscape 'round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows grey, ': Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren...

...state, Rob'd in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight, While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the...hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasure;, Whilst the landskip round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling...

...hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd tend, And the milk-maid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his lithe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn...pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on whose barren breast...

...state, Rob'd in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight. While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, * And the...Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures, Whilst the landskip round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray, Mountains...

...Rob'd in flames and amber light, • The clouds in thousand liveries dight, While the ploughman, near at hand, * Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the...hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pie Whilst the landskip round it measures ; Russet lawns and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks...

...labouring people sing has not been forgotten by Milton, in his L'Allegro ; While the ploughman near at hand, ' Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the...shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Servius says, that frondator is sometimes used to signify a bird that lives among the leaves, and feeds...

...While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blythe, And the mower whets his scythe ; And every shepherd...pleasures, Whilst the landscape round it measures : Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast,...