 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...swain 22 may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, " Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. *' There...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove! " Now drooping, woful wan! like one forloru, "Or crazed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews nder, Muttering his wayward fancies he would готе ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, * Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews ead, and such like indecencies, in company that he...an easy, unembarrassed, and graceful manner. This Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There,...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There,...by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mattering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say — " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There,...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. [" Him have we seen2 the greenwood side along, While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done, Oft as... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...-headed swain may say, — " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There,...by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1847 - 344 pages
...look behind 1 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead Dost...rove ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love " One morn, I miss'd him on th' accustom'd hill, Along... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say— " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There...Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woful-wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or cross'd in hopeless love. " One morn I miss'd... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. " There,...that babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as m scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn,... | |
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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. 'Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn... 
