 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 690 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Miffies," &c. STEEVENS. 5 at be lay along Under an oak, &c. J " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes...ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Gray's Elegy, That their difcharge did ftretch his leathern coat Almoft to burfting ; and the big round... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft' have we feen him, at the peep of dais u, 4 Bruflimg with haOy fleps, the dews away, < To meet the fun upon the upland lawn....There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That writhes its old fantaflic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, ' And... | |
 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...fate, Haply fome hoary-headed Swain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. 109 ' There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawa " Brulhing with hafly ftcps the dews away " To meet the fun upm the upland lawn." . " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its otd fantaftic roof, fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftrctch, " And pore upon the... | |
 | Scots poems - 1796 - 172 pages
...fate, Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun...roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide wou'd he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we fcen him at the peep of dawnk Brulhing with lully ftcps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn....foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantallic roots fo high. His liftlcfs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | 1796 - 246 pages
...fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, , " Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, " Brufhing with hafly fteps the dews away, " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beach, " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, '' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...true, With Daphnis I may vie, though judg'd by you. We are reminded alfo of a paflage in Gray's Elegy : His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Ver. 212. The headlong mountains, and the downward fkies : The wat'ry landfcape of the... | |
 | Children's stories - 1797 - 350 pages
...: Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay,. '! Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn.. " Brufliing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To meet the fun...There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ," That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ft retch, " And... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1797 - 188 pages
...Haply, fome hoary-lieaded fwain may fay, • Oft' have we feen hinj, at the peep of dawn, ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away • To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. 109 * ¥'• ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its oW fantafiick roots fe... | |
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There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 
