 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
 | George Willson - Elocution - 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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...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... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...lonely contemplation 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,...he would rove! " Now drooping, woful wan! like one forloru, "Or crazed v.Kh care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I mi:*'d him on th' accustom'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; ply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen...Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I missed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; Haply f Jura's shore, its parent sea ! But softer floating...the deep, The Mermaid's sweet sea-soothing lay, Tha готе ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 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, Mattering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 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...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [" Him have we seen2 the greenwood side along, While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done, Oft as... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...u'pland-law'n. " The're/ at the foo't/ of yonder nodding be'ech, " That wreathes its o'ld/ fanta'stic-roots so hi'gh, " His listless len'gth/ at noon'tide/ would...ro've ; " Now droo'ping, wo'ful, w'an, (like on'e forlo'm) " Or craved with ca're/ or cros'sed/ in hop"eless love\ " One mo'rn I misse'd him/ on the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 pages
...of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. XXV. r " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 4 XXVI. r " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Death - 1845 - 92 pages
...hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. 1 */NEWYOPK ASTO«( LtNOX If) XXVJ. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. •« v M. XXVII. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would... | |
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