| Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 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 Sun upon the upland lawn. 26....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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...peep of dawn " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [4]. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. f 4] Variation : — On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn. After which, in his first manuscript,... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 pages
...the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink, With me the Muse shall sit, and think ' At ease reclin'd There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Many passages which powerfully appeal to the heart, and which may, indeed, be esteemed very striking... | |
| 1800 - 322 pages
...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...stretch, " And pore upon the .brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ringhiswaywardfancies, he wouldrove; " Now drooping,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...peep of dawn " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [44], " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [44] Variation:—On the high brow of yonder hanging l»wn. After which, in the first manuscript, followed... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...the high brow of yonder hanging lawn. After which, in the first manuscript, followed this stanza : " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...so high, " His listless length at noontide would he stretchi " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, "... | |
| Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding beeclr, 'That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, 'His...noon-tide would he stretch, 'And pore upon the brook th.t babbles by. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 322 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. Steevens. 7 — — as he lay along Under an oak, &c. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Much marked of the melancholy .Tuques, Stood on the extremest verge of the swift brook, Augmenting... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hark ' how the sacred calm, tbat breathes around, Bids every fierce tumultuous passion cease. In atill... | |
| 1806 - 330 pages
...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...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 146 " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; "... | |
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