 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...kindred fpirit mail inquire thy fate, Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may lay, FT i ' * * • ' • , - . '.Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn, " * '...There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, « •... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...Haply, fomerhoary-headed fwain may fay — * Oft have. we feen him, at the peep of dawn, '•Drafting, with hafty fteps, the dews away, ' To meet the fun...^There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His lilllefs length at noontide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1789 - 454 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn „Bruf hing with hafty ftep the dews away „To meet the lun upon the upland lawn. „-There at the foot of yonder nodding beech „That wreathe« its old fantaftic roots fo high, „His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, „And... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit mall enquire thy fate, Haply fome hoary-headed Swain may fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn " Brufhing...dews away " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. * " Ch'i veggio nel penfier, dolce mio fuoco, " Fredda una lingua, & due begli occhi cluufi "' Rimancr... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...' Huie Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn * Brofhing with hafty fteps the dews away " To meet the fun upon..." There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, " And... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...hoary-headed Twain may fay, " Oft have we' feen him at the peep of dawn, Jrufhing, with hafty ftcps, jeft, and riddle of the world ! Go, wondrous creature ! mount where Science guides wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, lis liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...Haply fomc hoary-headed fwain may fav, " Oft have we feen Win, at the peep oí da« n, Brxifhin!;, with hafty fteps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There,ab»hc foot of yonder nodding beech, Tlxat writhes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...fate ; Haply fome hoary-headed fwain may fay, " Oft have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hafty fteps, the dews away, To meet the fun upon...lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech , That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch; And pore... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...hoary-headed fwain may fay, ' Oft' have we feen him, at the peep of dais u, 4 Bruflimg with haOy fleps, the dews away, < To meet the fun upon the upland lawn....There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That writhes its old fantaflic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, ' And... | |
 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...Contemplation led, 95 Some kindred Spirit fhall inquire thy fate, Haply fome hoary-headed Swain may fay, ' Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn ' Brufhing...dews away ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. 109 ' There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high,... | |
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Haply some 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 the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His... 
