 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,...  Cyclopædia of English literature - Page 56by Robert Chambers - 1844Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...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...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 540 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." Gray's Elegy. STEEVENS. 8 The wretched animal heav'd forth such groans, That their discharge did stretch... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...Him have we seen the greenwood side along, ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length...Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. ' One morn I miss'd... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...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...by. « Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, v Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove; « Now drooping , woeful-wan , like one forlorn , «... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply ich there amidst them Who can arcad, what creature...enraced? But whatao'er she was, she worthy was To be srailing as in scorn. Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping woful wan, like one... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...their artless tale relate ; COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD. 103 Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, 'Oft hare we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty...babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...«There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, « That wreathes its old fantastic roots so higli, « His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch,...his wayward fancies, he would rove; «Now drooping, woeful-wan, like one forlorn, « Or craz' d with care , or cross' d in hopeless love, « One morn I... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 pages
...very spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by." It is the pre-disposition which scenery of this kind, and at such an hour, gives to the empire of fancy... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 670 pages
...spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." « " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by." It is the pre-disposition which scenery of this kind, and at such an hour, gives to the empire of fancy... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 pages
...very spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by." It is the pre-<lisposition which scenery of this kind, and at such an hour, gives to the empire of... | |
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