 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 may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away...  The Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle - Page 251829Full view - About this book
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1782 - 410 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmil/ng as in fcorn, * Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like... | |
 | John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...of dawn, " Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, <( To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Agostino Isola - English poetry - 1784 - 140 pages
...: Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...may fay, • Oft have we ieen him at the Peep of Dawn ' Bruftiing with haity Steps the Dews away ' To meet the SUN upon the Upland Lawn. ' There at the Foot of yonder nodding Beech, ' That wreaths its old fantaftic Roots fo high, ' His liftlefs Length at Noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn *' Bruftiing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, " His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn, c Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn.' * There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes its old fantaftic roots (b ' high, * His liftlefs length at noontide would he ' ftretch, * And pore upon the... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...have we feen him at the peep of dawn, ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech ' That wreaths its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And... | |
 | 1785 - 304 pages
...That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, * His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies ke would rove ; 4 Now drooping, woeful wan, like... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...hafty fteps the dew away * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. 1 358 DESCRIPTIVE PIECES. BOOK VII. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fatuaftic roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noontide would he Jtretcb, ( And pore upon the brook... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...peep of dawn, ' Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn.' 4 There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo ' high, * His liftlefs length at noontide would he « ftretch, ' And pore upon the... | |
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