 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 Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 360 pages
...HY 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 wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, ' His listless length at noontide would he stretch, ' And pore upon the brook... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 300 pages
...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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, " And... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814
...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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, " And... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 286 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 iantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon.tide would he ilretch, And pour... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 260 pages
..." 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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 527 pages
..." 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 listless length at noontide would he stretch. And pore... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 259 pages
...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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 807 pages
..." 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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 134 pages
..." Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Crushing 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 listless length at noontide would he streteh, And pore... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822
...which, in the first manuscript, followed this stanza: Him have we seen the greenwood side along, ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
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