 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...at theifoot of yonder nodding beech * That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, * Hjs.liftlisfs length at noontide would he ftretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles by, * Hard by yon wood, now fmiljng as in fcorn, 'Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he. would rove;... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 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 upon...yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic root fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn Brufhing with hafty flcps the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beecli, That wreathes its old fantaflic roots fo high, His lifllefs length at noontide would he flretch,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...chiufi • c ; Rimaner doppo noi pien di faville." PETRARCH. SON. di iaville. PETRARCH. SON. 169. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes...noontide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mattering his wayward fancies he would rove,... | |
 | Sir Herbert Croft - Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770 - 1780 - 326 pages
...noifelefs foot of Time. j^. ... All's well that ends well. Tbert it the foot of yonder nodding heach, That wreathes its old f'antaftic roots fo high, His...noon-tide would he ftretch, , And pore upon the brook that babbles by. •;i' ' '•" •••• - ' Gray. Elegy; •* He lay along . : . irr.der an oak, whole... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn " Erufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To me«t the fun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beach • " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, "- Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in (corn,... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 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...the foot of yonder nodding beech, • That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, * Brufhing with hafty Iteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn....the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore... | |
 | 1782 - 500 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 upon the upland lawn*. There " does not deftroy the appearance of quaintnefs in the other : the " thought however is rather obfcurely... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 410 pages
...fate, Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we fcen him at the peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn e. ' There " does not deftroy the appearance of quaintnefs in the other : the " thought however is... | |
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There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 
