 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 260 pages
...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 fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 264 pages
...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 fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, * Hjs.liftlisfs length at noontide would he ftretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles by, * Hard by yon wood, now fmiljng as in fcorn, 'Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he. would rove; ' Now drooping, woful wan, like... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - Books - 1775 - 664 pages
...beach, That wreathes its old fantadic roots fo high, His lilHels length at noon tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove. Ivlr. Gray had great excellence... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...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 fantaftic root fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, * And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...chiufi • c ; Rimaner doppo noi pien di faville." PETRARCH. SON. di iaville. PETRARCH. SON. 169. " There at the 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...we feen him, at the peep of dawn, * Brufhing with hafty Iteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. • There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore... | |
 | 1782 - 500 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots lo high, * His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmil/ng as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 410 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmil/ng as in fcorn, * Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like... | |
 | John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...of dawn, " Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, <( To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the 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... | |
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Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by 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 of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away... 
