 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 140 σελίδες
...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 flretch, * And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1770 - 402 σελίδες
...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 noon-tide would he ftretch, • And pore upon the... | |
 | John Huddlestone Wynne - 1807 - 744 σελίδες
...mory. ' Haply some hoaryheaded sw«ia m;<cht say, Oft li'ive we seen him, at the peep ot dawn, Blushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland Ijwn; Thereat the foot of yonder nodding beachi That wreaths Its old fantastic root so high, His listless... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1772 - 60 σελίδες
...their wonted Fires. For thee , who mindful of th* unhonour'd Dead Doft in thefe lines their artlefs tale relate}. If chance by lonely contemplation led Some kindred Spirit shall inquire thy fate , Alp. "Perché сЫ tutta mai ceffe tranquillo In preda a muta obblivion vorace Quefta eßftenz,a... | |
 | 1773 - 394 σελίδες
...fay, Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn Bruming 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 fantallic roots fo high, His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch,. And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 260 σελίδες
...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 noon-tide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 264 σελίδες
...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 noon-tide would he ftretch, And pore upon the brook... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1778 - 182 σελίδες
...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 root fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he flretch, * And pore upon the brook... | |
 | 1781 - 512 σελίδες
...have we feen him, at the peep of dawn, ' Brufhing with hafly fteps the dews away, ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. • There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, • That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore... | |
 | Agostino Isola - 1784 - 140 σελίδες
...: 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... | |
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E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, 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... 
