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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 Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...tale relate; [led, If chance, by lonely contemplation Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate,— Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we...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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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dew away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 278 pages
...fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, 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 National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of ...

Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...— Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind ? 23. On some fond breast the parting soul relies :...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 27. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dew away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove...
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: With Versions in the Greek, Latin ...

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1839 - 154 pages
...profonde, Prosteso e lento, al piu cocente raggio, Fiso ascoltava il mormorar de l' onde. XXVI. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " AXXoKa TTJVO KO.T aX(ros a\a>fifvos, a>sn crfcrapbs MfiSiocuv TIS ffia, (ppivas rjhbs, x c & f( "...
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Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 166 pages
...Г erbetta, Frettoloso in su Г alba i' Г ho veduto, Per incontrare il Sol su Г alta vetta. XXV. Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say : " Oft have...the dews away, To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. ^ A XXV. k' XXVI. t TUS à фayos fíir/aa i¡>v\\a iTfтoi Л píCas yíuaof iгfTгХfуцегаs...
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Elegy written in a country church-yard, with versions in the Gr., Lat., Germ ...

Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 pages
...Lui dira : " Traversant la plaine rafraîchie, Souvent sur la colline il devançait le jour : XXV. Haply, some hoary-headed swain may say : " Oft have...the dews away, To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. TUS à фауаг ешгкш фт!ХХа irfratrSfi, A pifas уашве irrrr\iyiúvas ítyt Ôoi/e0<ra,...
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The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ...

George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...— Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, — Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind 1 23 On some fond breast the parting soul relies : Some...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 27 " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 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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