 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 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...smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 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... | |
 | 1840 - 516 pages
...season has Gray delineated as the favourite resort of the " youth to fortune and to fame unknown." " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by." Which of the glorious tints that dye the woods with more than rainbow splendour, can exceed... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Him have we seen the greenwood side along, While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done, Oft as... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, | " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn', | Brushing, with hasty step, the dews away, | To meet the sun upon the upland lawn,....would he stretch', | And pore upon the brook that bubbles by,. | Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn', | Mutt'ring Ais wayward fancies, he would... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain shall say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty...upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its old fantastic roots on high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain 22 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 forloru, "Or crazed v.Kh care, or crossed in hopeless... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Maply 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; ply 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 woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have floating o'er the deep, The Mermaid's sweet sea-soothing lay, Tha he would готе ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in... | |
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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. 
