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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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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...pore upon the brook that babbles by. 146 " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, orcross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on th' accustom'd hill, " Along the heath, and...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...» Hard by yon wood , now smiling as in scorn , » Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; y> Now drooping woeful wan , like one forlorn , » Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. » One morn I miss'd him on the custom 'd hill , » Along the heath and near...
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The young gentleman and lady's poetical preceptor, selected [by T. Woolston].

Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
..." Now drooping, woefol wan, like one forlorn, " Or crar'd with care, or crofs'd in hopelefs Ion 1' One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, " Along...and near his fav'rite tree ; " Another came; nor yet hefide the rill, " Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he. " The next, with dirges due, in fad array,...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. ' One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, ' Along the heath and near...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
....' iv :• - i'.-V. -.-.. ". , ' Hard by },on wood, now smiling, as In scorn, ° - ' ' Mutt,ring his wayward fancies he would rove, ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz,d wkUSkre, or cross'd in hopeless loTC.' -"/'- * .•,' ji ' ::- t . ,;, * 'TT - • I-.'* .•. ( One...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...wistful eyes pursue the setting sun.* ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would ' rove ; ' Now drooping,...woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. * This stanza bas always been excluded from the Elegy: its author Ira v ing...
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The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled ...

Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. • " One morn T miss'd him on th' accustom'd hill, " Along the heath, and...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his...
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A criticism on the Elegy written in a country church yard. Being a ...

John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...upon the brook that babbles by. XXVII. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; '* Now drooping,...woeful, wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. XXVIII. " One mom I miss'd him on the custom 'd hill, " Along the heath,...
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Poetical selections, consisting of the most approved pieces of our best ...

Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, " Now drooping woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Or craz'd with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on the custom' d hill, " Along the heath and neur...
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