 Dost in these lines their artless tale relate If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, Haply,  Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades, Embracing ... - Page 291by Richard Green Parker - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...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; If...Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, « Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn « Brushing with... | |
 | Marie Joseph B. de Chénier - 1824 - 466 pages
...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; If...Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, « Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn « Brushing with... | |
 | Select readings - 1824 - 300 pages
...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; If...lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall enquire thy fate. Haply some hoary-headed swain may say : " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 402 pages
...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, If...lonely Contemplation led. Some kindred Spirit shall enquire thy fate. Haply some hoary headed swa\n mav w, " Oft have we seen him at the pee^ ol " Brushing... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...That teach the rustic moralist to die. COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 103 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. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its... | |
 | 1824 - 178 pages
...their years, spelt by The place of fame and elegy si ELEGY. 75 Haply some hoary headed swain may say: " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dew away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 462 pages
...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; If...Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ;— Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If,...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply seme hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 728 pages
...lonely'Contemplation led, 95 Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, 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: 100 we wished to be remembered by them in our absence; this would... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If...led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate,— Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty... | |
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