 | English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...of nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...dews away, ^ < To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 1' " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantasti&jroots so high, His... | |
 | Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " 6ft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with...yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic root so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1854 - 504 pages
...their artless tale relate If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall mquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say,...And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by ypn wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mattering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1854 - 102 pages
...relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, — '9 Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. . ^-ЧТЯГ, -'-I, . . =КГ " ' '..'.-•,--, " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...led^ Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft we have seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty...beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, If is listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - Children's literature, English - 1854 - 332 pages
...lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary -headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep..." 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... | |
 | John Warner Barber - Belgium - 1855 - 608 pages
...thee, who, mindful of the unhonor'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, If 'chance, bv lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by von wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove: Now drooping, woeful,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1855 - 468 pages
...fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead. Dost in these lines their artless tale rclatr If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred...its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length nt noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - 1856 - 134 pages
...of nature cries, Even in our ashes lire their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...memorial still erected nigh." Chaucer writes : " Yet in our ashen cold is fire y-reken (smoking)." Haply some hoary-headed swain may say — " Oft have...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [" Him have we seen1 the greenwood side along, While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done, Oft as... | |
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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 upon the brook that babbles by. 
