...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...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by." It is the pre-<lisposition which scenery of this kind, and at such an hour, gives to the empire of...

...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thec, who, mindful of the unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate,...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...

...relate ; If, chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply same hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him...noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that bubbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling, as in scorn, Mutt'ring his wayward fancies, he would rove...

...unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If ehanee, by lonely eontemplation st unknown, What need a man forestall his date of...fear, How bitter is sueh self-delusion ! I do not beeeh, That wreathes its old fantastie roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he streteh,...

...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...babbles by. " Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, 105 Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove; Now drooping, woeful wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed...

...of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the' nnhononrM dead, * * Dost in these lines their artless tale relate...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. " Him have we seen the greenwood side along, While o'er the heath we hied, our labour done, Oft as...

...these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirits shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. ' Hard bj' yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies he would rove ; Now drooping,...

...spirit shall inquire thy fate : Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, « Oft have we scen him àt the peep of dawn « Brushing with hasty steps the...And pore upon the brook that babbles by. « Hard by von wood, now smiling as in scorn, « Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove; «Now drooping,...

...Torriano's Diet. 4 Barbed arrows. 5 Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage :— ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.' '' ' Saucius at quadrupes nota intra tecta refugit Saccessitque gemens stabulis ; questnque cruentus...

...Torrmno's Diet. * Barbed arrows. & Gray, in his Elegy, has availed himself of this passage : — ' There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes...stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.' 6 ' Sancins at quadrupes nota intra tecta refugit Successitque gemens stabulis ; questuque cruentus...