 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 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...steps the dews away To meet the Sun upon the upland law n. " There at the foot of yonder noddinsr beech That wreathes its old fantastic rooi< so high,... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary -headed swain may say...upland lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 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...upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noontide would he... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pages
...their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely contemplation led. Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary headed swain may say,...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 Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...cunscia terra sapit." Mr. Wakefield cites Pope's Ep. to M. Blouut, ver. 72 : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, '' Oft have we seen him at the peep...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
...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...upland lawn, " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | 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 - 1820 - 434 pages
...their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary headed swain may say,...so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretcfc, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 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...the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch.... | |
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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... 
