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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. "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 288
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Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 1

1781 - 516 pages
...the upland lawn. • There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide...babbles by. * Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, « Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : ' Now drooping, woeful, wan, like one forlorn, ' Or...
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The Lady's Poetical Magazine: Or, Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 1

1781 - 512 pages
...upland lawn. • There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, • That wreathes it's old fantaftick roots fo high, ' His liftlefs length at noon-tide...ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. r Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : f Now...
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A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With Notes

1782 - 500 pages
...ftanza : A 4 Him ' There at the'foot of yonder nodding beech, * That wreathes its old fantaftic roots lo high, * His liftlefs length at noon-tide would he...the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmil/ng as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove : ' Now drooping, woeful wan, like...
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A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 4

Robert Dodsley - 1782 - 410 pages
...yonder hanging lawn. After which, in the tuft manufcript, followed this ftanza : ' There at the'foot of yonder nodding beech, ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, ' His lifllefs length at noon-tide would he ftretch, ' And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard by...
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A Criticism on the Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard: Being a ...

John Young - 1783 - 124 pages
...of dawn, " Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, <( To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn. XXVI. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, " That...ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that babbles by. * Even in our ajhes live their wonted fires. "\ Ch'i veggio nel penfier, cHce mio fuoco, Fredda una...
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Pieces selected from the Italian poets, by A. Isola, and tr. into Engl ...

Agostino Isola - 1784 - 140 pages
...at the peep of dawn Brufhing with hafty fteps the dews away, To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes...babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he would rove, Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or craz'd...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems: By Lord Carlisle. Lord ...

1785 - 304 pages
...the dews away * To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. * There at the foot of yonder nodding beach ' That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, * His...babbles by. ' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward fancies ke would rove ; 4 Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, ' Or...
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Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts. Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining

Oliver Goldsmith - 1785 - 568 pages
...peep of dawn *' Bruftiing with hafty fteps the dews away, " To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. " There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech " That...noontide would he ftretch, " And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. •' Hard by yon wood, now fmiling as in fcorn, " Mutt'ring his wayward fancies he 'would...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

1785 - 316 pages
...fteps the dews away To meet the fun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beach That wreathes its old fantaftic roots fo high, His...ftretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' One morn I mifs'd him on the cuftom'd hill, ' Along the heath and near his fav rite tree : • Another...
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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ...

Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...' To meet the SUN upon the Upland Lawn. ' There at the Foot of yonder nodding Beech, ' That wreaths its old fantaftic Roots fo high, ' His liftlefs Length...' And pore upon the Brook that babbles by. •Hard ' Hard by yon Wood, now fmiling as in Scorn, ' Mutt'ring his wayward Fancies he would rove ; ' Now...
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