If chance, 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 of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. A First[-fifth] Reader - Page 331by Jenny H. Stickney - 1892Full view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...peep of dawn " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [4]. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. f 4] Variation : — On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn. After which, in his first manuscript,... | |
| English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...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...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ringhiswaywardfancies, he wouldrove; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Orcraz'd... | |
| Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink, With me the Muse shall sit, and think ' At ease reclin'd There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Many passages which powerfully appeal to the heart, and which may, indeed, be esteemed very striking... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...peep of dawn " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [44], " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [44] Variation:—On the high brow of yonder hanging l»wn. After which, in the first manuscript, followed... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...lawn. " There, at the-foot-ofyonder'nodding beach1," That'wreathes it's old fantastic roots so highy :. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Kindred spirit. — - A person of similar <J«~ position. . Brushing the dtiv away — brings before... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...the high brow of yonder hanging lawn. After which, in the first manuscript, followed this stanza : " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...so high, " His listless length at noontide would he stretchi " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, "... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding beeclr, 'That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, 'His...noon-tide would he stretch, 'And pore upon the brook th.t babbles by. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. Thepe at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high , His listless length...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood , now smiling , as in scorn, Mutt'ringh is wayward fancies he would rove;... | |
| Mary Anne Neri - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) - 1804 - 310 pages
...root so higb, His listless length at noon-tide "would hcstrctchi And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping woeful wan, like one forlorn,. Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love." GHAY-. Viola entered... | |
| E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding heech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch. And pore upon the hrook that hahhles hy. " Hard hy yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mntt'ring his wayward fancies,... | |
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