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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. "
The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems and Correspondence, with ... - Page 124
by Thomas Gray - 1825 - 2 pages
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The Children's Miscellany: In which is Included The History of Little Jack ...

1797 - 350 pages
...upon the brook that bubbles by. K 5 « Hard " Hard by yon wood, now (milling as In fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or cras'd with care, oFcrofs'd m-hopelefslove. " One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd htllj " Along the...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...peep of dawn " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [4]. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. f 4] Variation : — On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn. After which, in his first manuscript,...
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The rudiments of English grammar

T. Bowen - 1799 - 76 pages
...And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling, as in fcorn, * Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, * Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. * One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, ' Along...
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The British poetical miscellany

British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...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 noontide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...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...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ringhiswaywardfancies, he wouldrove; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Orcraz'd...
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Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1800 - 482 pages
...the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink, With me the Muse shall sit, and think ' At ease reclin'd There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Many passages which powerfully appeal to the heart, and which may, indeed, be esteemed very striking...
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...peep of dawn " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn [44], " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [44] Variation:—On the high brow of yonder hanging l»wn. After which, in the first manuscript, followed...
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Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray ...

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 512 pages
...pore upon the brook that bubbles by. ''' Harc\ by yon wood, now fmilinj as in fcorn, " ÏVIuttéring his wayward fancies he would rove, " Now drooping woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, or crofe'd in hopelefs love. " One morn I niifs'd him oh the cuftom'd hill, " Along...
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Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic routs fo high, « His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. «• Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcom, " Mutt' ring his wayward fancies he wou'd rove ; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like...
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The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most ...

Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...done, " Oft as the wood-lark pip'd her farewell long, '- \\ ith wifhful eyes purfue the felting fun. ' There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Muttermg his wayward fancies,...
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