 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 328 pages
...artless tale relate ; If chance, hy lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy fata, Haply some hoary-headed Swain may say, ' Oft have...upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding heech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1844 - 324 pages
...chance, hy lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy fate, Hsply some hoary headed Swain may say, • Oft have we seen him at the peep...upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding heech That wreathes its old fantanic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...writes:— " Yet in our ashen cold is fire y-reken." (smoking.) For thee,1 who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [" Him have we seen2 the greenwood side along, While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done, Oft as... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - Literature - 1847 - 238 pages
...of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th' unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...lawn. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. 9 For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard \>y you wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the' unhonour'd dead. Dost in these lines their artless...length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the hrook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, 20 To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There, at...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 25 " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate;...lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore... | |
 | William Chambers - Children's poetry - 1851 - 200 pages
...of nature cries, Even in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee who, mindful of the unhonoured dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beach, That wreathes its old fantastic arms so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 pages
...• Even in our ashes live their wonted fire». For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored da-to , -« Dost in these lines their artless tale relate If,...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. u There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless... | |
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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 upon the brook that babbles by. 
