 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, ' 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...roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...beech, " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, " His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by....he would rove! " Now drooping, woful wan! like one forloru, "Or crazed v.Kh care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I mi:*'d him on th' accustom'd... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews nder, he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, " 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,...roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, * Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews ead, and such like indecencies, in company that he...attended to is, to show that respect which everybody mean he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say — " 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,...roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [" Him have we seen2 the greenwood side along,... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
..." That wreathes its o'ld/ fanta'stic-roots so hi'gh, " His listless len'gth/ at noon'tide/ would he str'etch, " And po're upon the bro'ok/ that babbles...ro've ; " Now droo'ping, wo'ful, w'an, (like on'e forlo'm) " Or craved with ca're/ or cros'sed/ in hop"eless love\ " One mo'rn I misse'd him/ on the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, " 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,...roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...-headed swain may say, — " 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,...roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn,... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...nodding beech That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by....woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn 1 miss'd him on the cnstom'd hill, Along the heath and near his... | |
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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. 
