 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
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1775 - 168 pages
...may fay, ' Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, ' Brufliing wilh hafly fteps the dews away 1 To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ' There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old funtaftic roots fo high, ' His liillefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...Brufbing with hafty fteps the dews away c To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. * There at theifoot of yonder nodding beech * That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, * Hjs.liftlisfs length at noontide would he ftretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles by, * Hard... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 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 root fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, * And... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn Brufhing with hafty flcps the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beecli, That wreathes its old fantaflic roots fo high, His lifllefs length at noontide would he flretch,... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn " Erufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To me«t the fun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beach • " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, "- Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in (corn,... | |
 | Sir Herbert Croft - Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770 - 1780 - 326 pages
...of Time. j^. ... All's well that ends well. Tbert it the foot of yonder nodding heach, That wreathes its old f'antaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, , And pore upon the brook that babbles by. •;i' ' '•" •••• - ' Gray. Elegy; •*... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, ' Brufhing with hafly fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. •...There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, • That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, '... | |
 | John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " 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. * Even in our ajhes live their wonted fires. "\... | |
 | Agostino Isola - English poetry - 1784 - 140 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 noontide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...hoary-headed fvvain may fay, 4 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...high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. 4 Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, '... | |
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