 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 422 Seiten
...the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn ; ' l There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...by. *-' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies would he rove : Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, " One morn... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 Seiten
...inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove : Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 Seiten
...hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn ; There...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps,, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, " There,...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, Muttering... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1861 - 468 Seiten
...the hectic lad who is supposed to have written the Elegy employed himself when he wandered abroad: There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd, Recreations - 1861 - 474 Seiten
...the hectic lad who is supposed to have written the Elegy employed himself when he wandered abroad: There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 Seiten
...-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. "There,...would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by,11 etc. — GRAY. passage, to quit the melancholy tone of the narrator, and assnme the indifferent... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 Seiten
...hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There,...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 Seiten
...hoary-headed Swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the Peep of Dawn Brushing with hasty Steps the Dews away, To meet the Sun upon the upland Lawn : There,...babbles by. Hard by yon Wood, now smiling as in Scorn, Muttering his wayward Fancies, would he rove ; Now drooping woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 Seiten
...hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
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There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn... 
