 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
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...spirit should 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... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain shall 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. ELEGY. 107 There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots on high,... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 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 roots so high, His listless... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 100 pages
...HAY'S ELEGY. HAPLY SOME HOAHY HEADED SWAIN MAY SAY, "OFT HAVE WE SEEN HIM AT THE PEEP OF DAWN »HUSHING WITH HASTY STEPS THE DEWS AWAY, TO MEET THE SUN UPON THE UPLAN» LAWN: THEHE AT THE FOOT OF Y ON DE H NODDING ПЕЕСH , THAT WHEATHbS ITS OLD FANTASTIC HOOTS... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 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. 100 "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
 | Rodney Stenning Edgecombe - 1996 - 304 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 [" P "Mark'd them for his own" likewise echoes the phrasing of the Epitaph—"And Melancholy marked... | |
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