 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...  Poems - Page 212by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1834 - 330 pages
...Analecta Vet. Poctarum, III. 200. i A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivy'd porch shall... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...O, While to wish them good night the merry pipes Struck up a lilt so gaily, O. THE WISH. (Rogers.) MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willow brook, that turns a mill. With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch... | |
 | British literature - 1834 - 532 pages
...swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Khali twitter from her clay-bnilt m>sl ; Oft shall the pilgrim lilt the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivy'd porch shall goring i-'.'fli fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy nl her wheel shall sing, In russet gown... | |
 | Art - 1834 - 238 pages
...picturesque. The scene is truly English, and breathes an air of pastoral poetry: it reminds us of the " brook that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near." — Rogers. FORT ROUGE, CALAIS. • D. COX. THE approach to Calais must be fresh in the memory of a... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...fallen rose ! sad emblem of their doom; Frail as thy self, they perish while they bloom ! L1V. A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall...latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew; And Lucy at her wheel shall sing,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 378 pages
...shade ; These simple joys, that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. A WISH. SAMUEL ROGERS. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall...my thatch. Shall twitter from her clay-built nest j Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivy'd porch shall... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...thy shrill horn its fearful lamín 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...beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; OK shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest Around my ivied porch shall... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...seclusion could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogers' "Wish," which paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beside the hill — A bee-hive's hum...willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shalHinger near :" &c. But when he came to the Stanza— " And Lucy at her wheel shall sing, la russet-gown... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 408 pages
...verses of Rogers' " Wish," which paint the spot : — " 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 : " &c. But when he came to the Stanza — " And Lucy at her wheel shall sing, In russet-gown and apron... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 pages
...seclusion could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogevs's " Wish," which paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beside the hill — A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that tarns a miH, With many a fall, shall linger near ; " &c, But when he came to the stanza — " And Lucy... | |
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