 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 - 1845 - 340 pages
...maid he singled from the world. 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...lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. 8 Around my ivy'd porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel,... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...casinnal poems is, perhaps, that entitled " A Wish." Mine be a cot beside the hill, fi bee-hive'fr hum to soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill....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... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 526 pages
...presents ns with the following: " The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-huilt nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch. And share my meal, a welcome guest" Goldsmith's well-known lines, " Man wants hut little here below, Nor wants that little long," — were... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 516 pages
...presents ns with the following : " The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her ctay -built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch. And share my meal, a welcome guest" Goldsmith's well-known lines, " Man wants bat little here below, Nor wants that little long," — were... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 436 pages
...LONDON MAGAZINE. THE COTTAGE HOME.' MUTE be a eot beside a hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe mine ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many...fall, shall linger near. The swallow oft, beneath my thateh, Shall twitter from the elay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the lateh, And share my... | |
 | 1848 - 420 pages
...MIKE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns the mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow...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,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 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...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... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...loves me too : I start, and when the vision's flown, I weep that I am all alone. THE WISH. ROGERS. 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 And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. Each fragrant... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1849 - 416 pages
...there, Fastened her down for ever I THE WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum slnll soothe my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill,...latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch snalJ sprmg, Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy at her peals shall sing,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1887 - 698 pages
...roaring still for more ! Too faithful mirror ! how dost thou reflect The melancholy face of human life ! Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. Samuel Rogers, ' A Wish.' Your love in a cottage is hungry. Your vine is a nest for flies— Your milkmaid... | |
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