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" ... comfort: here a shepherd's boy piping, as though he should never be old; there a young shepherdess knitting and withal singing : and it seemed that her voice comforted her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice music. "
The Life and Times of the Hon. Algernon Sydney, 1622-1683 - Page 16
by Alexander Charles Ewald - 1873 - 405 pages
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The Pictorial edition of the works of Shakspere, ed. by C. Knight. [8 vols ...

William Shakespeare - 1867 - 938 pages
...too by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds : each pasture stored with sheep, feeding h - works, aud her hands kept time to her voicemusic." 5 SCENE II. — " Therefore, the winds, piping to...
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Studies in English prose: specimens, with notes, by J. Payne

Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...such) by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds ; each pasture stored with sheep, feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs, with...comfort ; here a shepherd's boy, piping as though he never should be old ; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed that her...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - 1834 - 320 pages
...too, by th • cheerful disposition of many well-tuni d birds ; each pasture stored with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs with bleating...the dam's comfort. Here a shepherd's boy piping as thoujrli he should never be old ; there a young sbepherdem knitting, and withal singing, and it seemed...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 37

Henry Allon - 1863 - 622 pages
...valleys, whose base estate seemed comforted with the refreshing ' of silver rivers ; the sheep feeding, while the pretty lambs ' with bleating oratory craved the dam's comfort ; here a shep' herd's boy, piping as though he never should be old ; there a ' young shepherdess, knitting,...
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English Style; or, a course of instruction for the attainment of a good ...

George Frederick Graham - 1869 - 418 pages
...his lifetime. H<s also wrote sonnets, songs, and various other miscellaneous pieces. sheep feeding with sober security ; while the pretty lambs, with...her hands to work, and her hands kept time to her voice music. 4. From Spenser's 'Faerie Queene' : — about 1590.' (Adventure of Una with the Lion.)...
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Typical Selections from the Best English Authors: With Introductory Notices

English authors - 1869 - 458 pages
...too by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds ; each pasture stored with sheep, feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs with bleating oratory craved the dams' comfort: here a shepherd's boy piping as though he should never be old; there a young shepherdess...
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Noble Boys: Their Deeds of Love and Duty

William Martin - 1870 - 360 pages
...so to by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds ; each pasture stored with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs with bleating oratory craved the dams' comfort. Here a shepherd-boy piping as though he should never be old; there a young shepherdess...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 pages
...so to by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds; each pasture stored with sheep feeding with sober security ; while the pretty lambs with...work, and her hands kept time to her voice-music." The account of a stag-hunt is even more characteristic. It abounds in the faults as well as the beauties...
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English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a ...

William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 pages
...so to by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds ; each pasture stored with sheep, feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs, with...oratory, craved the dam's comfort; here a shepherd's piping, as though he should never be old ; there a young shepherdess knitting, and withal singing ;...
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Readings in English literature, prose

English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...so to by the cheerful disposition of many well-tuned birds; each pasture stored with sheep feeding with sober security, while the pretty lambs with bleating oratory craved the dam's comfort; here a shepherd boy piping as though he should never be old; there a young shepherdess knitting and withal...
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