 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...[4]. " 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. f 4] Variation : — On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn. After which, in his first manuscript,... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...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 upon the .brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ringhiswaywardfancies, he wouldrove; " Now drooping,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...[44], " 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. [44] Variation:—On the high brow of yonder hanging l»wn. After which, in the first manuscript, followed... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...ease reclin'd 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. Many passages which powerfully appeal to the heart, and which may, indeed, be esteemed very striking... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...lawn. " There, at the-foot-ofyonder'nodding beach1," That'wreathes it's old fantastic roots so highy :. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Kindred spirit. — - A person of similar <J«~ position. . Brushing the dtiv away — brings before... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1804 - 480 pages
...reclin'd * There at the foot of yonder wedding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, ilis listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Many passages which powerfully appeal to the heart, and which may, indeed, be esteemed very striking... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...upland lawn. Thepe 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 upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood , now smiling , as in scorn, Mutt'ringh is wayward fancies he would rove;... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
..." And pore upon the brook that 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 with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, " Along... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding beeclr, 'That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, 'His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, 'And pore upon the brook th.t babbles by. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would... | |
 | E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding heech, That wreaths its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch. And pore upon the hrook that hahhles hy. " Hard hy yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mntt'ring his wayward fancies,... | |
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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. 
