...cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighb'ring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For...age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train from labour...

...cultivated lunn, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighboring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the, shade,...age and whispering lovers made ! How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor...

...the poet's charming lines describe the present, as well as the past pastimes of Merrie England : — How often have I bless'd the coming day When toil...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art, and feats of strength...

...the coming day, When toil, remitting, lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree'...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went...

...farm, The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church, that topped the neighboring hill; The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade. For...talking age and whispering lovers made, How often have I blessed the coming day, When toil, remitting, lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from...

...THB DESBKTED VILLAGK. The hawthorn bush with seats beneath the shade. For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless'd the coming...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey' d ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength...

...with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made ! How often have I bless' d the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old survey' d ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength...

...lovers made! Hnw often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, Ami over. Marlove. To be explicit, my dear Hastings, my...brwarding your happiness, not my own. Misa Neville snrvey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleighu of art and feats of strength went...

...blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train; from labor free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...circled in the shade, The young contending as the old surveyed ; And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went...

...unequalled picture of the " Happy Village." "How often have I bless'd the coming day, When toil relenting lent its turn to play ; And all the village train,...free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground, And sleights of art and feats of strength went round."...