...diffus'd into a limpid Plain : 485 A various Groupe the Herds and Flocks compose, Rural Confusion ! on the grassy Bank Some ruminating lie; while others...Flood, and often bending sip The circling Surface. In the Middle droops 490 The strong laborious Ox, of honest Front, Which incompos'd he shakes; and...

...plain, A various group the herds and flocks compose, Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Sux;vn 3 /V Some ruminating lie, while others stand Half in the...flood and, often bending, sip The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, 490 Which incomposed he shakes ; and...

...world. CHAPTER XXII. PASTORAL SCENES. A various group the herds and flocks compete : Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood, and, often bending, Hip The circling surface. In the middle droops The strong laborious ox, of honest front, Which, inoomposed,...

...in which insects nestle ; and so supply food for the fish, which would be poorly subsisted but from this contingency. Thus nature, who is a great economist,...flood, and, often bending, sip The circling surface." Wolmer-pond, so called, I suppose, for eminence sake, is a vast lake for this part of the world, containing,...

...seasons' first published in 1 73o. The lines of 'Summer' (Thomson 1 727) to which Blyth refers, read: Some ruminating lie; while Others stand Half in the...Flood, and, often bending, sip The circling Surface. 26 Edward Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby, president of the Zoological Society from 1831 to 1851, established...

...back-ground, nor a more beautiful group. Such combinations are pleasing in life, in painting, and in poetry. -On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie, while others...flood; and often bending sip The circling surface. In the middle rears The strong, laborious ox his honest front, Which incomposed he shakes; and from...