 Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away...  The Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle - Page 251829Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...may say, c Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, ' Brushing with ha.sty steps the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the...so high, ' His listless length at noon-tide would lie stretch, ' * And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...have we seen him at the peep of dawn ' Brushing with hasty steps the dews away ' To meet the sun upou the upland lawn. • ' There at the foot of yonder...babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...'-n .' iv :• - i'.-V. -.-.. ". , ' Hard by },on wood, now smiling, as In scorn, ° - ' ' Mutt,ring his wayward fancies he would rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz,d wkUSkre, or cross'd in hopeless loTC.' -"/'- * .•,' ji ' ::- t . ,;, * 'TT - • I-.'* .•.... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn ' Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the...noon-tide would he stretch, ' And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. « Him have we seen the greenwood side along, ' While o'er the heath we hied, our labour... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...swain may say, " Oft hare we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, ge" ev'ry titan design'd : The welcome news is in...carrier's not commlssion'd to expound. It speak; itsel llnVoucffi length at noon-tide would lie stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Han! hv... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...may say, " dft have we seen him at the peep и f «lawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away TJ meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the...noon-tide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muti'ring his wayward fancies he would rove... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...of dawn, " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. XXVII. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...of dawn, " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. XXVII. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove... | |
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