 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.  The Sewanee Review - Page 4191909Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...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, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His... | |
 | John Young - 1810 - 432 pages
...noi pien di faville. PETR. Son. 169. Haply, some 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. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pages
...pien di faville. Petrarch, Son. 169. Haplv some hoary-headed swain may sav, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland lu\\n. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beocli That wreathes its old fantastic rooi.- so Irgh.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn finishing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. •' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots sn high. His listlos... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1811 - 446 pages
...morning with me: oft have these pain. visitants of the day-break met me, -as the poet sings it, At tlie peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There, while the morning lark alone has accompanied the song of praise, have I, in all the joyous tranquillity... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...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 hasty steps the...dews 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... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...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,...dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...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, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...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, Tp meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 pages
...Haply some hoary headed swain may say, ' Oft' have we seen him at the peep of dawn • Brushingvrith hasty steps the dews 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, •... | |
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