 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
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 458 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... | |
 | 1840 - 368 pages
...Gild the calm current of domestic hours ! MINE be a cot beside the hill, A beehive's hum shall sooth my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With...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... | |
 | 1840 - 378 pages
...Gild the calm current of domestic hours ! MINE be a cot beside the hill, A beehive's hum shall sooth my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near, Cc2 The swallow oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1840 - 904 pages
...find an echo in many a heart : — Mine be a cot beside a hill ; Л bee-hire'a hum shall soothe mine ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near 1 Let us sit upon this rude stile, in the shade of this fine umbrageous sycamore, and contemplate,... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 300 pages
...the pleasure of transcribing it, if only for the early recollections it brings along with it. " Mine be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe...turns a 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... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 732 pages
...the pleasure of transcribing it, if only for the early recollections it brings along with it. " Mine be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear, f A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. " Around my ivied porch shall... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 516 pages
...shrill horn its fearful larum 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...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...accident about tho middle of the hut century. A With. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hire's the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires...and ancient night Again involve the desolate abyss, ivied porch shall spring Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew; And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...about the middle of tho laot century. A Wish. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; Л bee-hive's hum -lui II soothe my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill,...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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 604 pages
...door. What does the poet Rogers say? " Mine be a cot beside the hill, A beehive's hum shall soothe mine ear, A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near." Another great spirit, who had reveled in all riotous excess, and drained his cup of worldly pleasure... | |
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