 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall enquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft...His listless length at noontide would he stretch, AMI! pore upon the brook that habbles by. *' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, c Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, ' Brushing...so high, ' His listless length at noon-tide would lie stretch, ' * And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, . Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say,...noon-tide would he stretch, ' And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. « Him have we seen the greenwood side along, ' While o'er the heath we hied, our labour... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Contemplation led. Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate. iLpiy*nme hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft hare Calls in the country, catching op'ning glades, Joins willing llnVoucffi length at noon-tide would lie stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Han! hv... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...their artless tale relate. If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "...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,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...may say, " dft 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...fuoco, Fredda una lingua, et due begli occhi chiusi, Rimaner dopo noi pien di faville. PETR. Son. 169. Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have...dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high,... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate. Haply some hoary headed swain may say, HY have we seen him at the peep of dawn ' Brushing with...There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, ' His listless length at noontide would he stretch, ' And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 424 pages
...a testament As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more 7 — — a* 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. * — — the big round tears &c.] It is said in one of the marginal notes... | |
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E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, 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... 
