 | 1829 - 460 pages
...his Elegy : ' Oft hare we seen him, at the peep of dairi, Brushing with hasty steps the dews nway, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There, at the...Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love.' These are the extremes,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say : 4 Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawm a like his IOT«. 'One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near hie favourite tree ; Another... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy *ate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have...upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, BOW smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful-wan, like... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swam may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dam Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet...Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed wkh care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I missed him on the accustomed hill, Along the heath,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...unhonored dead. Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; [led, If chance, by lonely contemplation Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate,— Haply...Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. One morn I missed him... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on the 'custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain 22 may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,...he would rove! " Now drooping, woful wan! like one forloru, "Or crazed v.Kh care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I mi:*'d him on th' accustom'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured ; and that, whenever he is sick, they have prayers...the recovery of his health in all the synagogues. готе ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless... | |
 | 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...Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I missed... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...; Some pious drops the closing eve requires ; Even from the tomb thp voice of Jfature cries ; Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who,...by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mattering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
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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. 
