 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 old fantastic roots so high, His...  The rudiments of English grammar - Page 56by T. Bowen - 1799Full view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, Bruming, with hatty fleps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wriths its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wriths its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ltretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard l,y yon wood, now fmiling, as in fcorn, Mutt'ring... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...hoary-headed Swain may fay, * Oft have we feen -him at the peep of dawn ' Brufliing with hafty fteps the dews away * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech ' That wreathes its old fantafUc roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftreteh» ' And... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Cats - 1768 - 140 pages
...hoary-headed Swain may fay, * Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn * Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. * There at the foot of yonder nodding beech * That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, * His liftlefs length at noontide would he flretch, * And... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...the Sun upon the upland lawn. 26. • *' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, « And pore upon the brook that babbles by. «< Hard \ •7« " S*pe iftam affuetus prope... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech * That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, •... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1772 - 60 pages
...hoary-headed Swain may fay , Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hafty fteps the dews , away » • To meet the fun upon the upland lawn There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fohigh, His liillefs length at noontide Would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...hoary-headed Swain may fay, Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn Bruming with hafty fteps the dews away To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantallic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch,. And pore... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 260 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn " Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 264 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn " Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
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