 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
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn: 10 There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 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 uoou-tide would be stretch, «... | |
 | 1829 - 460 pages
...Oft hare we seen him, at the peep of dairi, Brushing with hasty steps the dews nway, 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 noon-tide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 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 wreaths its old fantastic root so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 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 noon-tide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...4 Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawm Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun rs, sail-makers, rope-maker», must have been employed in order to bring wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dam 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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | William Blake - Art - 2000 - 132 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 famaftic roots fo high, • His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And... | |
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