 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...relate ; If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply same hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him...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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, 95 Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn : 100 we wished to be remembered by them in our absence : this would be expressed clearer, if the metaphorical... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...nnhononrM dead, * * Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply..." 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirits shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed...' 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... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, 9 Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn : 10 There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, 11 Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829 - 484 pages
...unhonour'd dead. Dost in these lines their artless tale relaie; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply...«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, «... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 420 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...unhonourM dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply...yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its old fantastic root so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy *ate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have...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... | |
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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... 
