...Whistles o'er the furrowM land, And the milk-maid singing blythe, And the mower whets his scythe ; And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale." Example 2. The Penseroso presents the following account of the objects of the evening. i " Oft on a...

...against the eastern gate, Where the great sun begins his state, 60 Rob'd in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight ; While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, 42 dull] K. Hen. V. act iv. chorus, ' Piercing the night's dull ear.' Steevena. 4e good morrow] Browne's...

...hand Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies,...

...Whistles o'er the furrowed land ; And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe ; And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale." A thorough Englishman, his eye observes not only the simplicity of rural life, but " Towers and battlements...

...hand Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. There is a happy stylization here, a stylization even more deliberately cultivated in such an image...

...begins his state Robed in Flames & amber Light The Clouds in thousand Liveries dight While the Plowman near at hand Whistles o'er the Furrow'd Land And the Milkmaid singeth blithe And the Mower whets his Scythe And every Shepherd tells his Tale Under the Hawthorn in the Dale. They are 11. 57—68 in The...

...gradually reveals itself. Just before the mid-point of 'L'Allegro' 'the Milkmaid singeth blithe' (line 65), And every Shepherd tells his tale Under the Hawthorn in the dale. (lines 67-8) As evening comes on folk tales are told: Then to the Spicy Nut-brown Ale, With stories...

...pastoral, in all the scenes of agriculture. I can truly say, Here the ploughman near at hand Whistles o er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe. And the mower whets his scvthe. And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. In the village front is an...

...labor in L'Allegro, the speaker is always looking at other people working. He watches the "Plowman near at hand, / Whistles o'er the Furrow'd Land, /...Milkmaid singeth blithe, / And the Mower whets his scythe" (62-65). Certainly, otium is a convention of the pastoral tradition, and its presence signals...

...din/Scatters the rear of darkness thin," and the various sun-greeters go about their tasks; While the Plowman near at hand, Whistles o'er the Furrow'd Land, And...the Milkmaid singeth blithe. And the Mower whets his scythe, And every Shepherd tells his tale Under the Hawthorn in the dale.9 The similarity of types...