 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 324 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. Steevens. 7 • as fie lay along Under an oak, &c. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech "That wreathes...His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch,, . j " And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Gray's Ele'gy. S6 AS YOU LIKE IT. Much marked of the... | |
 | William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...by lonely .contemplation led, Sonfckindred spirit shall inquire thy fate* Haply, some hoary headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps v the dews aw$r, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beecli,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pages
...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...may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Crushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, " There at the foot of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 pages
...thy fate, — I Japly some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech. That wreathes...so high. His listless length at noontide would he streteh, And pore upon the brook thafbabbles by. " Him have we seen the greenwood side along, While... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...lines their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit should inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may...Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing wiih h isty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn," &c. Nothing can be conceived... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 pages
...spirit shall enquire thy fate ? — Haply some hoary -headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him ;it the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.t • There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high,... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, T2 1 Triply, some hoary-headed swain^may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing:...lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding- beech, That vrcatlies its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...lines their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit should inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may...dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, &c." Nothing can be conceived more truly ridiculous, in reading this passage, than quitting the melancholy... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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...we seen him at the peep, of dawn, " Brushing with basty steps the dew away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding... | |
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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... 
