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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. "
Aids to English Composition: Prepared for Students of All Grades - Page 294
by Richard Green Parker - 1857
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 322 pages
...broad arrow with the forked head " Misses," &c. Steevens. 7 — — as he lay along Under an oak, &c. " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That wreathes...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by." Much marked of the melancholy .Tuques, Stood on the extremest verge of the swift brook, Augmenting...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...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...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hark ' how the sacred calm, tbat breathes around, Bids every fierce tumultuous passion cease. In atill...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

1806 - 330 pages
...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...stretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 146 " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove ; "...
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...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...would he stretch, » And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. » Hard by yon wood , now smiling as in scorn , » Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...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...His listless length at noontide would he stretch, AMI! pore upon the brook that habbles by. *' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Mutt'ring his...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...peep of dawn, ' Brushing with ha.sty steps the dews away, ' To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That...so high, ' His listless length at noon-tide would lie stretch, ' * And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn,...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...peep of dawn ' Brushing with hasty steps the dews away ' To meet the sun upou the upland lawn. • ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech ' That wreathes...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...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - 1809 - 308 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...noon-tide would he stretch, ' And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. « Him have we seen the greenwood side along, ' While o'er the heath we hied, our labour...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn ; news is in the fetter fouhn ; The carrier's not commlssion'd to expound. It speak; itsel llnVoucffi length at noon-tide would lie stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Han! hv...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pages
...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...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...
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