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
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dew 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 length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
| John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 794 pages
...however, those of Gray, Campbell, and Wordsworth, all of which we shall give below. Gray snys, — " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length at noontide he would stretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...the peep of dawn', Brushing with hasty step the dews away', To meet the sun upon the upland lawn'. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech', That wreathes its old fantastick roots so high', His listless length at noontide would he stretch', And pore upon the brook... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1839 - 154 pages
...profonde, Prosteso e lento, al piu cocente raggio, Fiso ascoltava il mormorar de l' onde. XXVI. XXVI. " 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 pages
...Couché nonchalamment, les yeux fixés sur l'eau, II aimait à rêver au doux bruit du ruisseau : XXVI. " 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1839 - 166 pages
...Couché nonchalamment, les yeux fixés sur l'eau, II aimait à rêver au doux bruit du ruisseau : " 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... | |
| George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...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....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... | |
| Christianity - 1840 - 516 pages
...season has Gray delineated as the favourite resort of the " youth to fortune and to fame unknown." " 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... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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 length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...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 length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
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