 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.  Eliza Cook's Journal - Page 86edited by - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [4]. " 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. f 4] Variation : — On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn.... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...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 noon-tide would he stretch, " And pore upon the .brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ringhiswaywardfancies,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [44], " 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. [44] Variation:—On the high brow of yonder hanging l»wn. After... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...With me the Muse shall sit, and think ' At ease reclin'd 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. Many passages which powerfully appeal to the heart, and which... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding beeclr, 'That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, 'His...listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, 'And pore upon the brook th.t babbles by. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...which, in the first manuscript, followed this stanza : " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noontide would he stretchi " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, "... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding heech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch. And pore upon the hrook that hahhles hy. " Hard hy yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mntt'ring his wayward... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. Thepe at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high , His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood , now smiling , as in scorn, Mutt'ringh is wayward... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 322 pages
...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 that babbles by." Much marked of the melancholy .Tuques, Stood on the extremest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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 noon-tide would he stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hark ' how the sacred calm, tbat breathes around, Bids every fierce... | |
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