..." I sit me down, a pensive hour to spend." " Me" is used to throw the accent on the word " down." " These were thy charms, sweet village ! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please." " E'en" is used to make •' toil" emphatic. For observations on Words of Euphony,...

...pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down ; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round...! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught even toil to please ; These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed ; These were thy charms...

...tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter' d round the place ; The bashful virgin's side-long looks...! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please ; These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed ; These were thy charms,...

...tire each other down ; The swain, mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place ; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks...The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove : 30 These were thy charms, sweet village, sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil...

...labour free Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree: Still, as in Thomson, under that hawthorn ! These were thy charms, sweet village! sports like these, With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please. But the sweet succession is in fact a series of literary reminiscences: a dissolving...

...to tire each other down, The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place, The bashful virgin's side-long looks...that would those looks reprove. These were thy charms . . . (lines 9-31) We notice first the continual syntactic expansion. Goldsmith begins with two items...

...to tire each other down; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong looks...The matron's glance that would those looks reprove. 30 These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these, With sweet succession, taught even toil...

...pair, that simply sought renown By holding out to tire each other down; The swain mistrustless of his smutted face, While secret laughter titter'd round the place; The bashful virgin's side-long looks oflove, The matron's glance, that would those looks reprove; These were thy charms sweet village; sports...

...The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love, The matron's glance that would those looks reprove! 30 These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these, With sweet succession taught even toil to please; These round thy bowers their chearful influence shed, These were thy charms —...

...his smutted face, While secret laughter tittered round the place; The bashful virgin's sidelong look of love, The matron's glance that would those looks...village; sports like these, With sweet succession, taught even toil to please; These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed, These were thy charms —...