 MINE be a cot beside the hill ! A beehive'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 197by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 454 pages
...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 blue," he departed from the text, adding — " But if Bluestockings here you bring, The Great Unknown won't... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 458 pages
...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 blue," he departed from the text, adding — " But if Bluestockings here you bring, The Great Unknown won't... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...fall, shall linger near. The 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 my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flow'r that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall singIn... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flow'r that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village church, among the trees, Where first our marriage vows were... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 732 pages
...mill, With many a fall shall linger near. " Around my ivied porch shall spring, Each fragrant flow'r that drinks the dew, And Lucy at her wheel shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. " The village church among the trees, Where first our marriage vows were... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - England - 1841 - 300 pages
...mill, With many a fall shall linger near. " Around my ivied porch shall spring, Each fragrant flow'r that drinks the dew, And Lucy at her wheel shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. m " The village church among the trees, Where first our marriage vows were... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 360 pages
...fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my...drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village-church, among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 352 pages
...fall shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my...drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet gown and apron blue. The village-church, among the trees, Where first our marriage-vows were... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...fall, shall linger near. The 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 my ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1843 - 402 pages
...fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my...drinks the dew; And Lucy at her wheel shall sing, In russet gown and apron blue. The village church among the trees, Where first our marriage vows were... | |
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