 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 Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White ... - Page 96by Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 497 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Patrick Donnelly - 1919 - 328 pages
...And yet I am hid in the depth of the well. (Letter E.) 6. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. — ROGERS : A Wish. Select details for the wish of : an idler, a student, a glutton, a child at Christmas,... | |
 | William Wedgwood Benn Stansgate (Viscount) - 1919 - 380 pages
...True I had been most courteously shown round and most kindly treated, but it had betrayed my hope, " Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch And share my meal — a welcome guest." Relief from this chilly atmosphere was sought by a detour to Naples. It is impossible for the traveller... | |
 | Arthur Mee - 1910 - 690 pages
...life. How true it is that we most admire those things which we have not got ! IVAiNE be a cot beside a hill ; * A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy...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... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 408 pages
...riches have anything to do with real success? Explain your answer. A WISH BY SAMUEL ROGERS TV /T INE be a cot beside the hill ; •!•"-•• A beehive's...shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch 5 Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch And share my meal,... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1922 - 288 pages
...Old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all. Chorus — Old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all. Old Ballad A WISH MINE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe...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... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - 1923 - 528 pages
...green- wood shade ; These simple joys, that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. A Wish Mine be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe...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,... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 pages
...NINETEENTH CENTURY PART ONE: THE EARLIER NINETEENTH CENTURY SAMUEL ROGERS (1763-1855) A WISH (1786) Mine be a cot beside the hill. A bee-hive's hum shall soothe...shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch 5 Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal,... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...bears a lovely face ; Then hey nonny, nonny ; hey nonny, nonny ! 20 1603. Thomas Dekker. A WISH MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall...turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. 4, The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1924 - 272 pages
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 | Oswald Doughty - 1924 - 222 pages
...wishes " is A Wish by Samuel Rogers, probably the best known of all, but not to be omitted here : " 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,... | |
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