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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. "
Classic Selections from the Best Authors - Page 299
by Samuel Silas Curry - 1888 - 182 pages
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Œuvres de M.J. Chénier ...: précédés d'une notice sur Chénier, Volume 3

Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, « Oft have we scen him àt the peep of dawn « Brushing with hasty steps the...And pore upon the brook that babbles by. « Hard by von wood, now smiling as in scorn, « Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove; «Now drooping,...
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Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 476 pages
...Torrmno's Diet. * Barbed arrows. & Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage : — ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.' 6 ' Sancins at quadrupes nota intra tecta refugit Successitque gemens stabulis ; questuque cruentus...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes ..., Part 18, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 472 pages
...Torriano's Diet. 4 Barbed arrows. 5 Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage :— ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.' '' ' Saucius at quadrupes nota intra tecta refugit Saccessitque gemens stabulis ; questnque cruentus...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice. As you like ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 470 pages
...Torriano's Diet. * Barbed arrows. 5 Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage : — ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.1 8 ' Sancins at quadrnpes nota intra tecta refugit Successitque gemens stabulis ; questuque cruentus...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...of Nature cries; Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate;...his wayward fancies, he would rove, ' Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, * Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. ' One morn I miss'd...
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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary -headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawu Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, M utt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd...
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The American Reader: Containing Extracts Suited to Excite a Love of Science ...

George Merriam - 1828 - 282 pages
...away, TO meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length...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...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...by lonely •contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate. Haply, some hoary headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep...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 craz'd...
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The Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle, Volume 1, Issues 63-92

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,...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...peep of dawi\ ' ' Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lavm. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the hrook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies,...
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