Read full poem →judicious remarks on the labours of this pair of poets, in the fol-
lowing prefaces. The present edition is taken from Mr. Colman\
published in ten volumes, 1778, which is by far the most correct
Dictionary Entry
To depress; to lower.
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Common Phrases
herd lowing. lowingherds lowingcattle lowingyear lowinglowing following cattlelowing distant
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Poetry examples for “lowing”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Out on the brown dew-silvered lawn,
And the tethered cow is lowing, lowing, lowing,
And dear old Ned is braying, braying, braying,
Read full poem →editor wishes to thank the poets represented, and the fol-
lowing magazines and publishers:
Read full poem →To what green altar, O mysterious priest,
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
Read full poem →Our vows are wanting to our great god Pan.
Are not our lowing heifers sleeker wan
Night-swoUen muwrooms ! Are not our wide plains
Read full poem →Her little lonely bed, and carols blithe
To see the heavy-lowing cattle wait
Stretching their huge and dripping mouths across the farmyard gate.
Read full poem →Their reasons for dissolving that body were the fol-
lowing: With deep concern they viewed the divisions,
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Read full poem →The _Curfeu_ tolls the Knell of parting Day,
The lowing Herd winds slowly o'er the Lea,
The Plow-man homeward plods his weary Way,
Read full poem →The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,
The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea,
The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
Read full poem →2. _The lowing herd wind_, etc. _Wind_, and not _winds_, is the
reading of the MS. (see fac-simile of this stanza on p. 73) and of