...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet...from school : The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought...

...steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below. The swain responsive as the milk maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet their young...playful children just let loose from school ; The watch dog's voice that bay'd the whispering And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all...

...notes came softened from below ; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled...from school ; The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that showed the vacant mind; These all, in sweet confusion, sought...

...came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd ta meet their young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er...from school: The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the wbisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought...

...softened from below , The swain responsive as the milk-mnid sung, The sober herd that lowed to moot their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the...let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed thi1 whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind, These all in sweet confusion...

...notes came softened from below ; The swnin responsive as the milk-maid suns, The sober herd that lowed to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled...The playful children just let loose from school, The wali'h-dojf's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind,...

...pool, The playful children just let loose from school : The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind...These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs...

...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below ; The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet...let loose from school ; The watch-dog's voice, that bay'dthe whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion...

...with careless steps and slow, The mingling notes came soften'd from below; The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung, The sober herd that low'd to meet...These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs...

...marked by the ancient pond, and the modern Board School, one involuntarily murmurs something about The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. All dwellers in Thaxted regard with pardonable pride their splendid church, standing in an unrivalled...