 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pàgines
...lu\\n. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beocli That wreathes its old fantastic rooi.- so Irgh. 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, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove.... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pàgines
...peep of dawn " Brushing with hasty steps the dew away, " To meet the sun upon the upland l«wn. •« There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic root so high, " His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, " And pore upon the brook that bubbles... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 418 pàgines
...jumps along by him, And never stays to greet him ; Ay, quoth Jaques, £?3 " There at the foot of yondtr nodding; beech " That wreathes its old fantastic roots...so high, " His listless length at noon-tide would be stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbits by." Gray's Elegy. STEEV. [8J It is said in one... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pàgines
...have we seen him at 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 wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, ' His listless length at noontide would he stretch, ' And... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 424 pàgines
...a testament As worldlings do, giving thy sum of more 7 — — a* he lay along Under an oak, &c.] " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by.'' Gray's Elegy. STEEVENS. * — — the big round tears &c.] It is said in one of the marginal notes... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pàgines
...we seen him at 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...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; " Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, " Or... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pàgines
...seen him, at 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...noontide 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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pàgines
...'Oft have we seen him at 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...rove, Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. 'One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pàgines
...the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 100 "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...that babbles by, "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scom, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlom, Or crazed... | |
 | Anne Plumptre - 1996 - 388 pàgines
...by the elegant Gray: There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech That writhes its old fantastic root so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 23 Only that here it was beneath an oak, not a beech, that the moraliser was extended. His head rested... | |
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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 may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away... 
