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 156by Thomas Gray - 1790 - 178 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 168 pages
...high, * His liftlefs length at noontide would he flretch, 4 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 craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs... | |
| Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 164 pages
...high, ' His liftlefs length at noontide wou'd 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 wcu'd rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hcpeleis... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...• 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 fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove ; 4 Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs... | |
| Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...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 fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs... | |
| Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...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 fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs... | |
| Thomas Warton - Dialect poetry, Scottish - 1759 - 168 pages
...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 with cqre, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. ' One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, ' Along the heath,... | |
| 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
...high, * His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, c And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring...Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. c One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, * Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree : * Another... | |
| Collection - 1766 - 382 pages
...4 His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. A 3 Hard * Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn,...woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or croft'd in hopelefs love. ' One morn I mifs'd. him on the cuftom'd bill, ' Along the heath and near... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 292 pages
...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 craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs... | |
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