 | 1821 - 270 pages
...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...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : N ow drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...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...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pages
...fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Crushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon...so high, His listless length at noontide would he streteh, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Him have we seen the greenwood side along, While... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 540 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. STEEVENS. 7 — as he lay along Under an oak, &c.] " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Gray's Elegy. STEEVENS. 8 The wretched animal heav'd forth such groans, That their discharge did stretch... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...Him have we seen the greenwood side along, ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length...smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, T2 1 Triply, some hoary-headed swain^may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing: with hasty...lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding- beech, That vrcatlies its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...mindful of th' unhonour'd Dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 103 Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, 'Oft hare we...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 - 460 pages
...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...by. « Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, v Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove; « Now drooping , woeful-wan , like one forlorn , «... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have creature mightshe be, [traced, Whether a creature...enraced? But whatao'er she was, she worthy was To be srailing as in scorn. Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping woful wan, like one... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, « Oft have we seen him àt the peep of dawn « Brushing with hasty steps the...beech, « That wreathes its old fantastic roots so higli, « His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, « And pore upon the brook that babbles... | |
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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. 
