 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...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 listless length at uoou-tide would be stretch, «... | |
 | 1829 - 460 pages
...Oft hare we seen him, at the peep of dairi, Brushing with hasty steps the dews nway, 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 listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
..." 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 listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...4 Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawm Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun rs, sail-makers, rope-maker», must have been employed in order to bring wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...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 wreaths its old fantastic root so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1831 - 294 pages
...Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dam 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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
..." Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dew 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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
..."Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dew 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 listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...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'. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech', That wreathes its old fantastick roots so high', His listless length at noontide would he stretch', And... | |
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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. 
