 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. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Page 120by Thomas Gray - 1804 - 207 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...beach, That wreathes its old fantastic rosts so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch ; And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon...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 miss'd him... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...beach, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon...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 miss d him... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...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. Hard by yon...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 miss'd him... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...beach, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretcfc, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring bis wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care,... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt' ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Kow drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care or cross'd in hopeless love. One morn 1 miss'd him on th' aceustom'd hill, Along the heath, and n<;ar his fav'rite tree, Another came, nor... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...listless length at noontide would he stretch) And pore upon the brook that babbles by. * Hard by yon wpod, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopless love. One morn 1 miss'd him... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...labour done, Oft as the woodlark pip'd her farewell song, With wistful eyes pursue the setting sun *. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring...on the custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; Another came ; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : "... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...labour done, Oft as the woodlark pip'd her farewell song. With wistful eyes pursue the setting sun*. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring...cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on the custoin'd hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; Another came ; nor yet beside the rill,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...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...on the 'custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his farourite tree ; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : "... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...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. Hard by yon...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 him... | |
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