...sequestered bower, And shrill lark carols clear from her aerial tow'r. BEATTIE, MELODIES of the EVENING. Sweet was the sound when oft, at evening's close,...yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I passed with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below; The swain responsive...

...age and infirmity, to the poorest and humblest Christian, who — " Sinks to the grave by unperceiv'd decay, " While resignation gently slopes the way;...brightening to the last, " His Heaven commences ere this world be past." " In adopting the form of a dialogue passing between eminent men of the same period,...

...unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; • .• . And, all his prospects bright'ning to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past! Sweet was the sound, when, oft at ev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I past with careless steps and...

...with unperceiv'd decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects bright'ning to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past! Sweet was the sound, when, oft atev'ning's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; . • There, as I past with careless steps...

...decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects bright'uing to the last, tiis heaven commences ere the world be past. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at ev'ning's close, Up youder hill the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and...

...of the Poet, he prepares himself to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation...last, His heaven commences, ere the world be past. This envied portion of human felicity was not granted to Mr. Clarke. The evening of his day was overcast...

...of it. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away ? They die, without wisdom. THE VILLAGE. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close Up...yonder hill, the village murmur rose ; There, as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingled notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive,...

...The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, • The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close ;...Up yonder hill .the village murmur rose. There as I pass'd with careless steps and slow, * t The mingling notes camesoften'd from below. The swain responsive...

...; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love, The matron's glance, that would these looks reprove. Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose. There as 1 pass'd with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came softened from below, The swam responsive...

...: The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love; The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose. U 2 There, tu I pats'd with careless <tep< and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below. The...