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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. "
The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ... - Page 50
by Robert Blair - 1804
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The Union: Or Select Scots and English Poems

Thomas Warton - 1753 - 164 pages
...babbles by. • Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, 1 Or craz'd with care, or Crofs'd in hopelefs love. ' One morn I niifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, ' Along the heath, and near...
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Ajax His Speech to the Grecian Knabbs, from Ovid's Metam. Lib.XIII ...

Ovid - 1755 - 306 pages
...nigh, lested by the agents filthy stench, He'd pore on books with many a piteous sigh. yonder hall, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; )w drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, Or eraz'd with care, or eross'd in hopeless love. ic...
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The Union: Or, Select Scots and English Poems, Volume 1

Thomas Warton - 1759 - 168 pages
...And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'i ing MS wayward fancies he would rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with cqre, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. ' One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, '...
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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies ...

Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...ftretch, c And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, * Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. c One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, *...
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A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 4

Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 pages
...ftretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard * Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, * Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, * Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. * One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, c...
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Poems by Mr. Gray

Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...infcriptum lapidi fub vepre vetufta." £ PITA*>" 27. ft Hard by yon wood, how fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. " One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, «'...
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Poems

Thomas Gray - 1778 - 182 pages
...flretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. « One * One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 56

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 456 pages
..." And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mattering his wayward fancies he would rove, " Now drooping woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. " One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, "...
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Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And ...

1780 - 226 pages
...• " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, "- Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in (corn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. " One morn I mifs'd him on rti'accuftom'd hill,...
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Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 1

1781 - 516 pages
...ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. * Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, « Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : ' Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. ' One morn Imifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, '...
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