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 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... | |
| 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... | |
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