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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. "
The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver ... - Page 61
by William Collins, Thomas Gray, Oliver Goldsmith - 1860 - 166 pages
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Poems and Letters of Thomas Gray: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings

Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...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...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...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...the dews away, • To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His...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...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...v the dews aw$r, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beecli, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His...pore upon the brook that babbles by. * Hard by yon wpod, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woeful...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 324 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. Steevens. 7 • as fie lay along Under an oak, &c. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech "That wreathes...His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch,, . j " And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Gray's Ele'gy. S6 AS YOU LIKE IT. Much marked of the...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...the upland lawn. There at the f^ot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots »o high. His listless length at noontide would he stretch ; And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hp.nl by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt' ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Kow drooping,...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretcfc, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 282 pages
...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...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 540 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. STEEVENS. 7 — as he lay along Under an oak, &c.] " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Gray's Elegy. STEEVENS. 8 The wretched animal heav'd forth such groans, That their discharge did stretch...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 8

John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...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...noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove,...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...thy fate, — I Japly some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech. That wreathes...so high. His listless length at noontide would he streteh, And pore upon the brook thafbabbles by. " Him have we seen the greenwood side along, While...
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