 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, * Brufhing with hafty Iteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn....the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore... | |
 | 1782 - 500 pages
...fate, Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn * Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn*. There " does not deftroy the appearance of quaintnefs in the other : the " thought however is rather obfcurely... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 410 pages
...fate, Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we fcen him at the peep of dawn ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn e. ' There " does not deftroy the appearance of quaintnefs in the other : the " thought however is... | |
 | John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...of dawn, " Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, <( To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles... | |
 | Agostino Isola - English poetry - 1784 - 140 pages
...thy fate, Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay : Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, To meet the fun upon...nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...fate. Haply fome;hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn *' Bruftiing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To meet the fun...nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that bubbles... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...fate. Haply fome hoary-headed fvvain may fay, 4 Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn, ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun...' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech ' That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And... | |
 | English poetry - 1785 - 320 pages
...fate. Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn * .Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away ' To meet the fun upon...upland lawn. * There at the foot of yonder nodding beach * That wreathes its old fantaftic root* fo high, ' Hialiftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch.... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...; ' Haply, fome hoary-headed fwain may fay; * Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawm, ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn.' ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Muttering his wayward fancies he would • rove ; *... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...Oft have we ieen him at the Peep of Dawn ' Bruftiing with haity Steps the Dews away ' To meet the SUN upon the Upland Lawn. ' There at the Foot of yonder nodding Beech, ' That wreaths its old fantaftic Roots fo high, ' His liftlefs Length at Noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And... | |
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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 that babbles by. 
