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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. "
Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 134
by Thomas Gray - 1775 - 136 pages
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Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this ...

1792 - 112 pages
...There at the foot of yonder 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. Hard by yon wood , now finiling , as in fcorn , Mutt' ring his. wayward fancies, he would rove; Now drooping, woeful wan,...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1793 - 600 pages
...at the foot of yonder 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," Gray's EL-gy. That their difcharge did ftretch his leathern coat Almoft to burfting ; and the big round...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...That writhes its old fantaflic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling, a< in feorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 690 pages
...at the foot of yonder 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." Gray's Elegy, That their difcharge did ftretch his leathern coat Almoft to burfting ; and the big round...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: As you like it. All's ...

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1793 - 584 pages
...at the foot of yonder 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." Gray's Elegy, That their difcharge did ftretch his leathern coat Almoft to burfting ; and the big round...
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the english anthology

T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, « His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, • And pore...babbles by. • Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in feorn, 105 • Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he wo del rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn,...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantallic roots fo high. His liftlcfs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that bubblei by. i Нага Hard by yond wood, now fmiling, as in fcorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies,...
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Observations on Pope

Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...Daphnis I may vie, though judg'd by you. We are reminded alfo of a paflage in Gray's Elegy : His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Ver. 212. The headlong mountains, and the downward fkies : The wat'ry landfcape of the...
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Poems, Moral, Elegant and Pathetic: Vis. Essay on Man

1796 - 246 pages
...the foot of yonder nodding beach, " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, '' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray: With the Life of the Author

Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...at the foot of yonder nodding beach, " That wreathes it's old fantaftic root fo high, " His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 104 " Hard by yon' wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his v.'ayward fancies, he would rove...
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