 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
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...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... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 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 iantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon.tide would he ilretch, And pour upon the brook... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 324 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. Steevens. 7 • as fie lay along Under an oak, &c. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech "That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch,, . j " And pore upon... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...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 length at noontide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 540 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. STEEVENS. 7 — as he lay along Under an oak, &c.] " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, " And pore upon the brook... | |
 | English poetry - 1821 - 282 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...thy fate, — I Japly some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech. That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless length at noontide would he streteh, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 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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