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. Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 147by Thomas Gray - 1768 - 187 pagesFull view - About this book
| Collection - 1758 - 394 pages
...peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away • To meet the fun upon the upland land. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech ' That wreathes its old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide wou'd he ftretch, ' And pore upon the... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...the peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away ' To meet the fun upon the upland land. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech ' That wreathes its old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide wou'd he ftretch, ' And pore upon the... | |
| Robert Lloyd - English poetry - 1762 - 312 pages
...properabat faepius ortum, Summaque tendebat per juga laetus her. Saepe " There at the foot of younder nodding beech " 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. tc 41 Hard by yon wood, now... | |
| Books - 1763 - 556 pages
...polHhed and harmonious Gray has been Co ftrangely impolite, as to draw the following picture of himfelf. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantallic roots fo high, Ilis liftlcfs length at noon-tide would he llretch. And pore upon the brook... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...the peep of dawn ' Brufliing with hafty fteps the dews away * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech ' That wreathes its old fantafUc roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftreteh» ' And pore upon the brook... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1772 - 60 pages
...peep of dawn Brushing with hafty fteps the dews , away » • To meet the fun upon the upland lawn There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fohigh, His liillefs length at noontide Would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by .... | |
| English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...him at the peep of dawn Bruming with hafty fteps the dews away To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantallic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch,. And pore upon the brook... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...the peep of dawn, * Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic root fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, * And pore upon the brook that babbles... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 410 pages
...yonder hanging lawn. After which, in the tuft manufcript, followed this ftanza : ' There at the'foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, * Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs * love.' 4 There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, f His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, 4 And pore upon the brook that babbles by.' Thefe... | |
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