 | John Johnstone - 1827
...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...fantastic roots so high, ' His listless length at noontide would he stretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in... | |
 | John Pierpont - Children's literature - 1828 - 276 pages
...dawn, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old, fantastic roots so high, I " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove; Now drooping,... | |
 | 1829
...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...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,... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1829 - 276 pages
...peep of dawi\ ' ' Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lavm. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the hrook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1829 - 407 pages
...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...fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And -pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn,... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1829
...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...fantastic roots so high , « His listless length at uoou-tide would be stretch, « And pore upon the brook that babbles by. • Hard DT TOO wood, now smiling... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1829
...Shahtpeare. The babbling echo mocks the hounds. Id. The babbling echo had descried his face. Aidant. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech. That wreathes its old fantastic root so high. His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 210 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...fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 891 pages
...the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 100 "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch. And pore upon the brook that babbles by, "Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scom,... | |
 | Hisaaki Yamanouchi - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 248 pages
...fame unknown" began to be grafted onto descriptions of landscapes. Of Gray's youth it was said that "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech/ That wreathes...fantastic roots so high,/ His listless length at noontide would he stretch,/ And pore upon the brook that babbles by" (Gray 136: lines 101-4). In "Tintern Abbey"... | |
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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. 
