 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1789 - 454 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn „Bruf hing with hafty ftep the dews away „To meet the lun upon the upland lawn. „-There at the foot of yonder nodding beech „That wreathe« its old fantaftic roots fo high, „His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, „And... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...we feen him, at the peep of dawn, '•Drafting, with hafty fteps, the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ^There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His lilllefs length at noontide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn * Brofhing with hafty fteps the dews away " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...Oft have we' feen him at the peep of dawn, Jrufhing, with hafty ftcps, the dews away, To meet the fun ! Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, lis liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hafty fteps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch; And pore... | |
 | James Roach - 1792 - 284 pages
...have we feen him, at the peep of dais u, 4 Bruflimg with haOy fleps, the dews away, < To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. « There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That writhes its old fantaflic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, ' And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pages
...Oft have we fcen him at the peep of dawnk Brulhing with lully ftcps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantallic roots fo high. His liftlcfs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | 1797 - 350 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn.. " Brufliing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ," That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ft retch, " And pore upon the... | |
 | T. Bowen - 1799 - 76 pages
...Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn, * Brufliing with hafty fteps the dew away * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. * There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noontide would he flrelch, ' And pore upon the brook... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...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, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantaftic root fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, " And... | |
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Haply some 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... 
