 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
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps•, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. u There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed with hopeless love. " One morn I missed him on the accustomed hill, Along the heath, and near his favorite... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mattering... | |
 | Henry Drury - English poetry - 1851 - 386 pages
...away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 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 woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. One morn I missed him... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 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...' Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. ' One morn I miss'd him on the aecustom'd hill, ' Along... | |
 | Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...upon the upland lawn. There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic root so high, His listless length at noontide would he...woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. One morn I miss'd him on the custom' d hill, Along the heath, and near his... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1852 - 512 pages
...lawn, " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, TTU listless length at noontide would he stretch, And...like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed with hopeless love. * One morn I missed him on the accustomed hill, Along the heath, and near his favorite... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...relate; If 'chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen...his wayward fancies, he would rove, " Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, " Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I missed... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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...scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove, Sow drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. One morn... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 368 pages
..." The nice morn on the Indian steep From her cabin'd loophole peep." Comus, 140. see Todd. note. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. IM Var. V. 100. " On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn." After which, in his first MS., followed... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
..." The nice morn on the Indian steep From her cabin'd loophole peep." Comus, 140. see Todd. note. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 104 Var. V. 100. " On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn." After which, in his first MS., followed... | |
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