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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. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies... "
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Intended as a Specimen of the Types: At the ... - Page 142
by John Walter - 1785 - 225 pages
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Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And ...

Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, "- Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in (corn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, " Now drooping, woeful...crofs'd in hopelefs love. " One morn I mifs'd him on rti'accuftom'd hill, " Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree ; " Another came ; nor yet befide...
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Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...pore upon the brook that babbles by. * Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, « Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : ' Now drooping, woeful,...with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. ' One morn Imifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, ' Along the heath, and near his fav'rite tree : ' Another came ;...
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A Criticism on the Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard: Being a ...

John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...pien di faville, PETR. Son. 169. XXVII. " Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, 'he would rove; " Now drooping, woeful...Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. XXVIII. " One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, " Along the heath, and near his favourite tree...
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn : Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woeful,...Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. There, at the foot of yonder nodding heach, That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high ; His liftlefs...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems: By Lord Carlisle. Lord ...

1785 - 304 pages
...by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies ke would rove ; 4 Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd...with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. * One morn I mjfs'd him on the cuftom'd I;i'l, • Along the heath and near his fav'rhe tree : * -Another came ;...
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The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would roye; • Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd...with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. ' One morn I mifs'J him on the cuftom'd hill, ' Along-the heath and near his favourite tree ; ' Another came ; nor...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...upon the Brook that babbles by. •Hard ' Hard by yon Wood, now fmiling as in Scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward Fancies he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful...one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with Care, or crofs'd in hopeleis Love • One Morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd Hill; ' Along the Heath, and near his fav'rite...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, ' Along the heath and near his fav rite tree : • Another came ; nor yet befide the rill, ' ' Nor up the Lawn, nor at the wood was...
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Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining

Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
..." Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he 'would rove, *• New drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorp, " Or craz'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs love. " One morn I mifs'd him on th' accuftom'd hill, " Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree ; •' Another came ; nor yet befide...
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Poems

Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...the brook that babbles by. 9 T « Hard ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove; ' Now drooping, woeful...the cuftom'd hill, * Along the heath and near his favourite tree ; ' Another came ; nor yet befide the rill, * Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he...
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