 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
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...spring lock, that lav in ambush there, Fastened her down for ever I THE WISH. Mine be a cot beside lhe hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy...latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest Around my ivied porch snuH sprmg, Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy at her peals shall sing,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1854 - 468 pages
...through the whitening surge he springs to land, And clasps the maid he singled from the world. A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall...swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay -built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Gift books - 1854 - 322 pages
...WISH. \ V BY ROGERS. tl' MIME be a cot beside the hill ; IA bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; YA willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall...linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, v." »' ' ,' Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; . f • Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 510 pages
...passions and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. WILLIAM C. BEYANT. XXI. 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,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - Country life - 1855 - 478 pages
...passions and the cares that wither life, And waste its little hour. WILLIAM C. HETANT. XXI. A WISH. MIXE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe...fall shall linger near. The swallow oft. beneath my thateh, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the lateh, And share my... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 pages
...the smile of Heaven shall lie. ROGERS'S "RURAL RETREAT." MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hivo's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns...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,... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...sky, On all the peaeeful world the smile of Heaven shall lie. EOGEES'S "ECEAL EETEEAT." MINE be a eot t night. Wild beasts of nature in his woods abound...to hardship, and to hemely fare. Nor venerable age thateh, Shall twitter from her elay-bnilt nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latoh, And share my... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...and sees no more, Loved and still loves, — not dead, but gone before, He gathers round him. A Wish. Mine be a cot beside the hill; A beehive's hum shall...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. To a Tear. That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 378 pages
...The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed ;" " The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from...lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest." Goldsmith's well-known lines: "Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long," were evidently... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - History - 1856 - 410 pages
...their lowly bed ;" for in his pleasing little poem, " The Wish" he presents us with the following: " The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from...lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest." Goldsmith's well-known lines: "Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long," — were... | |
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