 | Christianity - 1840 - 516 pages
...season has Gray delineated as the favourite resort of the " youth to fortune and to fame unknown." " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by." Which of the glorious tints that dye the woods with more than rainbow splendour, can exceed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Him have we seen the greenwood side along, While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done, Oft as... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...peep of dawn', | Brushing, with hasty step, the dews away, | To meet the sun upon the upland lawn,. | There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech' , | that...would he stretch', | And pore upon the brook that bubbles by,. | Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn', | Mutt'ring Ais wayward fancies, he would... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...peep of dawn, " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. *' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove! " Now... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; — 25 Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, 26 " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 27 " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...artless tale relate ; If chance, hy lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy fata, Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, ' Oft have...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding heech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; ell (Jf Jura's shore, its parent sea ! But softer...the deep, The Mermaid's sweet sea-soothing lay, Tha There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; ply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Maply There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 pages
...of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. XXV. r " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 4 XXVI. r " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove... | |
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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. 
