 | Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate. Haply some hoary headed swain may say, HY have we seen him at the peep of dawn ' Brushing with...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... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 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...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... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...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, Tp meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 pages
...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 • Brushingvrith hasty steps the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. • There at the... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...sepultos, Non nihil ad verum cunscia terra sapit." Mr. Wakefield cites Pope's Ep. to M. Blouut, ver. 72 : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, '' Oft have...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn: 100 VARIATIONS. Ver. 100. To meet the sun upon the uplan " On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn."... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...artless taie 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... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...in a Country Churchyard, exhibits a fine picture of a melancholy man : Haply some hoary-headed sage may say, * Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,...dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.' Bat I must now leave the pleasing entertainment of poetry, to attend to the more instructive discussions... | |
 | William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary headed swain may say, " Oft have we teen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews avray, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1819 - 278 pages
...some hoary-headed swain may say : « Oïl bave we seen him at the peep of clawn, « Brushing willi hasty steps the dews away , » To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. •••• His listless leDgth at noon-tide would he slretch, y And pore upon the brook that babbles... | |
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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. 
