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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... "
The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence with ... - Page 64
by Thomas Gray - 1807
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...hare we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon h3o bP9 @CHa |i ~ u <4 O @ Է * p 5eE θ_ h ح M E 2ں llnVoucffi length at noon-tide would lie stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Han! hv...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove : Vovr drooping, woeful wan! like one forlorn, Or craa'd with care, or croas'd in hopeless love. One...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: W. Thompson, Blair ...

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...have we seen him at the peep и f «lawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away TJ meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding...noon-tide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muti'ring his wayward fancies he would rove...
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A criticism on the Elegy written in a country church yard. Being a ...

John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...of dawn, " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. XXVII. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove...
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A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...of dawn, " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. XXVII. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove...
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Poems and songs on different subjects, Issue 596

Andrew M'Kenzie - 1810 - 194 pages
...sure "Thou shall abide!" REFLECTIONS ON A BROOK. '• There at the foot of yonder nodding beach, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high ; "...noontide would he stretch, " And pore upon the brook that bubbles by." GRAY. LET others join the thoughtless crowd, Where noisy mirth resounds aloud, And laugh...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn &m*hin; with hasty steps the dews away Tu meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so hish, His listless length at noon-tide would be stretch. And pore upon the brook that babbles by. "...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pages
...herd, Full of the pasture, jumps along by him. And never stays to greet him ; Ay, quoth Jaques, [7] " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. " His listkss length at noon-tide would be stretch. "' And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Gray's Elegy....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Mallet, Akenside ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...have we seen him at the peep of dawn finishing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. •' There at the foot of yonder...nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots sn high. His listlos length at noontide would he stretch, And \юге upon the brook that bubbles by....
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: W. Thompson, Blair ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 680 pages
...at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. f There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, IT * ¡istless length at noon-tide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook that babbles by. * Hard...
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