 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...their artless tale relate ; COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 103 Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, 'Oft hare we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty...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 crazed... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...«There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, « That wreathes its old fantastic roots so higli, « His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch,...his wayward fancies, he would rove; «Now drooping, woeful-wan, like one forlorn, « Or craz' d with care , or cross' d in hopeless love, « One morn I... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...very spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by." It is the pre-disposition which scenery of this kind, and at such an hour, gives to the empire of fancy... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...very spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by." It is the pre-<lisposition which scenery of this kind, and at such an hour, gives to the empire of... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." « " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by." It is the pre-disposition which scenery of this kind, and at such an hour, gives to the empire of fancy... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thec, who, mindful of the unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubble.s by. Ifard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, JIutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...relate ; If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply same hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him...noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...labour done, Oft as the woodlark piped her farewell song, With wistful eyes pursue the setting sun." " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, 105 Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the' nnhononrM dead, * * Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...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... | |
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirits shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard bj' yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping,... | |
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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. 
