 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...  Parnassus - Page 171edited by - 1875 - 534 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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...so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Him have we seen the greenwood side along, While... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, | " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn', | Brushing, with hasty step, the dews away, | To meet the sun upon the upland lawn,....high', | 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',... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain shall say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn,...upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its old fantastic roots on high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain 22 may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,...high, " His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, "... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely health in all the synagogues. stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate; Maply stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate ; ply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen...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... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...artless tale relate ; If chance, hy lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy fata, Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, ' Oft have...upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding heech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...chance, hy lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy fate, Hsply some hoary headed Swain may say, • Oft have we seen him at the peep...upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding heech That wreathes its old fantanic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1845 - 456 pages
...mindful of the unhonored dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire...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, Mattering... | |
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