 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
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - 1834 - 542 pages
...years elapse My first, most ardent wish, is like that expressed by the sweet bard of Italy — Mine be a cot beside the hill, . A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear, A willowy brook that turns no mill, With many a fall shall linger near. I can't go the mill, however agreeable it may be to less... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1834 - 480 pages
...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... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...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 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,... | |
 | 1835 - 378 pages
...; 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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1836 - 528 pages
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 | 1836 - 514 pages
...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 soothe...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 - 1837 - 428 pages
...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 shall...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 - 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... | |
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