 | Nathan Drake - 1824 - 658 Seiten
...very spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." " 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... | |
 | Nathan Drake (M.D.) - 1824 - 656 Seiten
...very spirit of the Roman bard, has given us of his minstrel-youth " to fortune and to fame unknown." " 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Kent (botanist.) - 1825 - 466 Seiten
...BEAUMONT and FLETCHEU. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding Beech That rears its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he...stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by." GRAY. Garcilasso has some delightful lines upon this subject : " The sun, from rosy billows risen, had rayed... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 382 Seiten
...upon the upland lawn. 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 bubble.s by. Ifard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, JIutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 Seiten
...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 its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 Seiten
...labour done, Oft as the woodlark piped her farewell song, With wistful eyes pursue the setting sun." " 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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 Seiten
...him 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 its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 Seiten
...the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. 100 "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... | |
 | Anne Plumptre - 1996 - 388 Seiten
...described so poetically by the elegant Gray: There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech That writhes its old fantastic root so high, His listless length...noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. 23 Only that here it was beneath an oak, not a beech, that the moraliser was extended.... | |
 | George Hughes - 1997 - 274 Seiten
...fame unknown" began to be grafted onto descriptions of landscapes. Of Gray's youth it was said that "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... | |
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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. 
