 | 1800 - 322 psl.
...their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, " Mutt'ringhiswaywardfancies, he wouldrove; " Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, " Orcraz'd... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 psl.
...chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spiiit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary- headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep...upland lawn. 'There at the foot of yonder nodding beeclr, 'That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, 'His listless length at noon-tide would he... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 psl.
...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,...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... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 psl.
...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...would he stretch, » And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. v >, Hard by yon wood , now smiling as in scorn, » Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would... | |
 | 1806 - 330 psl.
...their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "...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 ; "... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 psl.
...their artless tale relate, If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred Spirit shall enquire thy fate; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft...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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 psl.
...Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, c Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, ' Brushing...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,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 psl.
...have we seen him at the peep of dawn ' Brushing with hasty steps the dews away ' To meet the sun upou the upland lawn. ' There at the foot of yonder...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 psl.
...their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, . Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate ; Haply some hoary-headed swain may say,...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 psl.
...Contemplation led. Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate. iLpiy*nme hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft hare Calls in the country, catching op'ning glades, Joins willing llnVoucffi length at noon-tide would lie stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Han! hv... | |
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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... 
