 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 164 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noontide wou'd he ftretch, ' And pore upon the 'brook that babbles by. ' Hard by...fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wcu'd rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hcpeleis... | |
 | Collection - 1758 - 394 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide wou'd he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcora, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - Dialect poetry, Scottish - 1759 - 168 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noontide woii'd he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'i ing MS wayward fancies he would rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, < And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by...fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would tove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopel&fs... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - English poetry - 1762 - 308 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt' ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove ; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or... | |
 | Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...high, i His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, i And pore upon the brook that babbles by. i Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, • Mutt'ring his wayward fancies'he would rove, ' One morn I mifs'd him on th' accuftom'd hill, i Along the heath, and near... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...c That rears its old fantaftic roots fo high, * His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, c And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by...fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, * Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs... | |
 | English poetry - 1765 - 414 pages
...His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; * Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hrud by yon wood, now fmiling, as in fcorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he wou'd rove ; Now Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. One morn... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ltretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard l,y yon wood, now fmiling, as in fcorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he wou'd rove ; Now I Jfow drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or crofVd in hopelefs love. One... | |
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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. 
