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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. "
Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ... - Page 202
by William Swinton - 1882 - 638 pages
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, 95 Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn : 100 we wished to be remembered by them in our absence : this would be expressed clearer, if the metaphorical...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have...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...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...tale relate ; If ehanee, by lonely eontemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid ?...fear, How bitter is sueh self-delusion ! I do not " There at the foot of yonder nodding beeeh, That wreathes its old fantastie roots so high, His listless...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...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...noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove...
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Merchant of Venice. As you like it. All's well that ends well. Taming of the ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 476 pages
...Torrmno's Diet. * Barbed arrows. & Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage : — ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.' 6 ' Sancins at quadrupes nota intra tecta refugit Successitque gemens stabulis ; questuque cruentus...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, with notes ..., Part 18, Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 472 pages
...Torriano's Diet. 4 Barbed arrows. 5 Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage :— ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.' '' ' Saucius at quadrupes nota intra tecta refugit Saccessitque gemens stabulis ; questnque cruentus...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirits shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have...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...
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The Poetical Works

Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have...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...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice. As you like ...

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 470 pages
...Torriano's Diet. * Barbed arrows. 5 Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage : — ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.1 8 ' Sancins at quadrnpes nota intra tecta refugit Successitque gemens stabulis ; questuque cruentus...
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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...at the peep of dawu 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...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, M utt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping,...
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