An extract from
A
General View
of the
Agriculture
of the
with
Observations on the means of its improvement,
Published by order of
The Board of Agriculture
and Internal Improvement
By
William Pitt, 1809
of
The landscape
laughs around,
Full swell the woods ; their ev'ry mane wakes,
Mixt in wild concert, with the warbling brooks.
And hollows, responsive from the vales
Incessant
bleatings run the hills around,
At last of snowy white the gather'd flocks,
Are in the wattled pen in numbers press'd,
The shepherd sits, and weld the sounding shears,
And soon their joyous task goes on apace.
Now swarms
the village, o'er the jovial mead,
The ruddy blooming maid, the rustic youth,
E'en stooped Age is here, and Infant hands,
And as they rake the green appearing ground,
The russet hay-cock rises thick behind,
In happy labour, love, and social glee.
THOMSON
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