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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ... - Page 50
by Robert Blair - 1804
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The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his ...

Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...cunscia terra sapit." Mr. Wakefield cites Pope's Ep. to M. Blouut, ver. 72 : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, '' Oft have we seen him at the peep...the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn: 100 VARIATIONS. Ver. 100. To meet the sun upon the uplan " On the high brow of yonder hanging lawn."...
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The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various ..., Volume 1

Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...in a Country Churchyard, exhibits a fine picture of a melancholy man : Haply some hoary-headed sage may say, * Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn,...dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.' Bat I must now leave the pleasing entertainment of poetry, to attend to the more instructive discussions...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1817 - 416 pages
...thtse lines their artless tals relate, If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoary headed swain may say, " Oft have we teen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing, with hasty steps, the dews avray, To meet the sun upon the...
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L'imagination: poëme, Volume 2

Jacques Delille - 1819 - 278 pages
...some hoary-headed swain may say : « Oïl bave we seen him at the peep of clawn, « Brushing willi hasty steps the dews away , » To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. •••• His listless leDgth at noon-tide would he slretch, y And pore upon the brook that babbles...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply, some hoarf headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the...TO meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the f^ot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots »o high. His listless length at...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1819 - 366 pages
...these lines their artless tale relate, ' If chance, by lonely .contemplation led, Sonfckindred spirit shall inquire thy fate* Haply, some hoary headed swain...him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps v the dews aw$r, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn. There at the foot of yonder nodding beecli,...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 pages
...lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — I Japly some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn " There at the foot of yonder nodding beech. That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. His listless...
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The Poems of Thomas Gray: Embellished with Engravings from the Designs of ...

Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pages
...by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Crushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn, " There at the foot of...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 29

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 pages
...their artless t;de relate ; If chance by lonely Contemplation led, f Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate ? — Haply some hoary -headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him ;it the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.t...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are ...

John Walker - 1822 - 404 pages
...chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit should inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him, at the peep of dawn, Brushing wiih h isty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn," &c. Nothing can be conceived...
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