 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
 | 1837 - 598 pages
...could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogers's " Wish," which paint the spot:— " Mine be a cot beside the hill— A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that tarns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near; " &c. But when he came to the stanza— " And Lucy... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 pages
...could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogevs's " Wish," which paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beside the hill — A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that tarns a miH, With many a fall, shall linger near ; " &c, But when he came to the stanza — " And Lucy... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 790 pages
...paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beeide the hill— • Л beehive's hum «hall soothe my car ; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near :" &C. But when he came to the Stanza — "And Lncy at her wheel shall sing, In russet-gown and apron... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...Oppression shall be hurl'd, Her name, her nature, wither'd from the world ! CAMPBELL. THE 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,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1838 - 332 pages
...Aualecta Vet. Foetarnm, HI. 'ZOO. 202 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...meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivy'd porch shall springEach fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing In russet-gown... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...more ! A WISH. MINE he a cot heside the hill, A hee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy hrook, ) Familiarized to these, they boldly rove, Nor heed...stretch'd forth Shift them at eve or morn from place ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew ; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...sbrill horn its fearful larum flings ! — I wake in horror; and dare sleep no more ! A WISH. MnTE mansion glitters with the eastern ray, Whose elevated...slopes and lawns, the park's extensive pride, To where s There are passes in the Alps, where the pintles tell T / to move on with speed, and say nothing,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pages
...horn its fearful larum flings ! —I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more ! A WISH. MINE be a coj beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. * Alluding to some versos which she had written on an Ider sister, i luscribed on an urn in the flower-garden... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 454 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...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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