 A Wish MINE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the...  The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems - Page 151by Samuel Rogers - 1810 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1793 - 524 pages
...introduction of one of them : " AWISH/ " Mine be a cot befide the hilf, A bee-hive's hum (hall footh my ear, A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall fhall linger near. " The fwalloiv oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nejl ; Oft... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1793 - 136 pages
...Perch'd, like an eagle's neft, on high. WISH. MlNE be a cot befide the hill ; A bee-hive's hum fhall footh my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, mall linger near. The fwallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built neft ; Oft... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1801 - 208 pages
...revealsj Her softer charms, but by their influence known, Surprise all hearts, and mould them to her own. A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my earj A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...on high. § 151. A Wijb. From tbe Same. MINE be a cot befide the hill; A bee-hive's hum (hall footh my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall (hall linger near. The fwallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built neft ; Oft... | |
 | Poetry - 1804 - 184 pages
...defaced and dead. POPE'S HOMER. A WISH. MINE be a cot befide a hill ; A bee-hive's hum fhall footh my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall fhall linger near. The fwallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nefl ; Pft... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Memory - 1820 - 160 pages
...mother in the child ! * Alluding to some verses which she had written en an elder sister. A WISH. MIKE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall sooth...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. FAREWELL. fl The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay built nest; Oft shall... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1820 - 272 pages
...gore. Hark, thy shrill horn its fearful larum flings ! —I wake in horror, and ' dare sleep no more !' A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's...ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a Ml shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest;... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...shake his frame I Frowning, or smiling, or in tears, "JK Love — and Love is still the same, m XI. THE WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill , A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear} A willowy brook, that turns a mill With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 838 pages
...horn it* fearful larura flings ! — I wake in horror, and dare *lcep no more ! A WISH. MINE be a rot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear; A willowy brook, that turn* a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...gore. Hark, thy shrill horn its fearful larum flings ! — I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more .' A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow,... | |
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