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" 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 upon the brook that babbles by. "
New Cyclopaedia of Poetical Illustrations: Adapted to Christian Teaching ... - Page 107
1872 - 696 pages
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy *ate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty...upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, BOW smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful-wan, like...
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Select British Poets: Containing the Works of Goldsmith, Thomson, Gray ...

Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 pages
...led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty..." 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...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swam may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dam Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet...smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed wkh care, or crossed in hopeless...
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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say — " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dew away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There...noontide 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...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1835 - 278 pages
...dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty...smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dew away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There...noontide 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...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 26. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 27. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now...
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: With Versions in the Greek, Latin ...

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 154 pages
...profonde, Prosteso e lento, al piu cocente raggio, Fiso ascoltava il mormorar de l' onde. XXVI. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " AXXoKa TTJVO KO.T aX(ros a\a>fifvos, a>sn crfcrapbs MfiSiocuv TIS ffia, (ppivas rjhbs, x c & f( "...
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Elegy written in a country church-yard, with versions in the Gr., Lat., Germ ...

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 pages
...Couché nonchalamment, les yeux fixés sur l'eau, II aimait à rêver au doux bruit du ruisseau : XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " АХХоKа тTJVO Kат йЛо'os aX(á/ifi/os, ¿s тi o'fo'apàs MfiSioшv тir fßa, (j>pfvas...
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Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 166 pages
...Couché nonchalamment, les yeux fixés sur l'eau, II aimait à rêver au doux bruit du ruisseau : " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. XXVI. / G XXVIl. I " AXXoко TÍJVO Kaт »Xaos áХш/ífi/os, ¿s TI iтfaapos MfiSióíüf Tis...
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