 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 Curtis - 1829 - 820 pages
...soul. Id. Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have I seen him at the peep of dawn, Hm«hing with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. flray's Elegy. from the earliest datrnmgi of policy to this day, th» invention of men has been sharpening... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 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 wreaths its old fantastic root so high, His listless... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...kindred spirit shall inquire thy *ate : 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 listless... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1839 - 320 pages
...He never lets the children play thereby. 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 Reverend Vicar all in lawn ! One morn I miss'd him on the 'custom'd hill, Along the heath, and near... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say : 4 Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawm a like his * 'There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swam may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dam 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 listless... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...lines their artless tale relate, 25. 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. 26. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its old, fantastic roots so high, His... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 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 listless... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...chance by lonely Contemplation led. 25. Haply, some hoary-headed swam may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To moot the sun upon the upland lawn. 26. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...25. Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, V rushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 96. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, 1 That wreaths its old, fantastic roots so high, His... | |
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