 | William Wordsworth - 2002 - 141 oldal
...Allegro 63-64. But Wordsworth is probably imitating Beattie, Minstrel I st.39 The whistling plowman stalks afield; and, hark! Down the rough slope the ponderous waggon rings . . . The title indicates the importance he places on close observation. 'How sweet in Life's tear-glistering... | |
 | Aaron Santesso - 2006 - 221 oldal
...minstrel recall those of the village of the Elegy even more strongly: The cottage curs at early pilgrim bark; Crown'd with her pail the tripping milkmaid...rustling corn the hare astonish'd springs; Slow tolls the village-clock the drowsy hour. (343-48) Along with echoing Gray, Beattie is placing this early setting... | |
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The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley; echoing far and wide The clamorous horn along the cliffs above; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide; The hum of bees, the linnet's lay of love, And the full choir that wakes the universal grove. 
