 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,...  Cyclopædia of English literature - Page 56by Robert Chambers - 1844Full view - About this book
 | 1829 - 460 pages
...his Elegy : ' Oft hare we seen him, at the peep of dairi, Brushing with hasty steps the dews nway, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There, at the...Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love.' These are the extremes,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...inquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say : 4 Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawm a like his IOT«. 'One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near hie favourite tree ; Another... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy *ate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen...upon the brook that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, BOW smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful-wan, like... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary-headed swam may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dam Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet...Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed wkh care, or crossed in hopeless love. " One morn I missed him on the accustomed hill, Along the heath,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...relate; [led, If chance, by lonely contemplation Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate,— Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen...Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love. One morn I missed him... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 26. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 27. "Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1839 - 166 pages
...Couché nonchalamment, les yeux fixés sur l'eau, II aimait à rêver au doux bruit du ruisseau : " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. XXVI. / G XXVIl. I " AXXoко TÍJVO Kaт »Xaos áХш/ífi/os, ¿s TI iтfaapos MfiSióíüf Tis... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1839 - 216 pages
...Couché nonchalamment, les yeux fixés sur l'eau, II aimait à rêver au doux bruit du ruisseau : XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " АХХоKа тTJVO Kат йЛо'os aX(á/ifi/os, ¿s тi o'fo'apàs MfiSioшv тir fßa, (j>pfvas... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1839 - 154 pages
...profonde, Prosteso e lento, al piu cocente raggio, Fiso ascoltava il mormorar de l' onde. XXVI. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " AXXoKa TTJVO KO.T aX(ros a\a>fifvos, a>sn crfcrapbs MfiSiocuv TIS ffia, (ppivas rjhbs, x c & f( "... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...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...woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd him on the 'custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his... | |
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