 | Thomas Gray - 1778 - 182 pages
...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 at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic root fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, * And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Agostino Isola - 1784 - 140 pages
...: 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 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... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...fome hoary-headed Swain may fay, • Oft have we ieen him at the Peep of Dawn ' Bruftiing with haity Steps the Dews away ' To meet the SUN upon the Upland...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1785 - 568 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn *' Bruftiing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " 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... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 492 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn, c Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn.' * There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes its old fantaftic roots (b ' high, * His liftlefs length at noontide would he ' ftretch, * And pore upon the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...we feen him at the peep of dawn, " * ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away • To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. . ' 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, « • An3 pore upon... | |
 | William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...we feen him, at the peep of dawn, '•Drafting, with hafty fteps, the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ^There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His lilllefs length at noontide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn * Brofhing with hafty fteps the dews away " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " 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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...Oft have we' feen him at the peep of dawn, Jrufhing, with hafty ftcps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, lis liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hafty fteps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. 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... | |
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E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain... 
