 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. 109 ' There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That...babbles by. • Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in feorn, 105 • Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wo del rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn,... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...true, With Daphnis I may vie, though judg'd by you. We are reminded alfo of a paflage in Gray's Elegy : His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Ver. 212. The headlong mountains, and the downward fkies : The wat'ry landfcape of the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantallic roots fo high. His liftlcfs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that bubblei by. i Нага Hard by yond wood, now fmiling, as in fcorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...at the foot of yonder nodding beach, " That wreathes it's old fantaftic root fo high, " His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 104 " Hard by yon' wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his v.'ayward fancies, he would rove... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantaftic root fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he...the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now failing as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; " Now drooping, woeful wan !... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...upland lawn. «« There at thefoot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantaftic routs fo high, « His liftlefs length at noon-tide would...babbles by. «• Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcom, " Mutt' ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove ; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 538 pages
...at the foot of ynnder nodding beech " That wreathes its old f.muitic roots fo high, " His lilllefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " VWby yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt' ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove ; " Now drooping,... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, " And pore upon the .brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ringhiswaywardfancies, he wouldrove; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...That wreathes its old fantastic roots 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, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; " Now drooping, woeful-wan, like... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, 'His listless length at noon-tide 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, he would rove; 4 Now drooping, woeful wan ! like... | |
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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. 
