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" Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose; I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to show my... "
The Way of Poetry: An Anthology for Younger Readers - Page 150
by John Drinkwater - 1922 - 240 pages
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The Prose and Poetry of Europe and America: Consisting of Literary Gems and ...

1845 - 614 pages
...repose : I still had hopes — for pride attends us still — Amid the swains to show my book-learned nk what thousands live O'er the wide earth this instant, who would giv anJ all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first...
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Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen, Volume 119

1907 - 508 pages
...115, und Anm. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw. Vergleiche damit auch folgende Verse aus The Banks of Nith (HH, III, 84): Tho' wandering now must be...
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The American Mechanic and Working-man, Volume 2

James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 pages
...REVISITED. " I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And...first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Home to return — and die at home at last." GOLDSMITH. AFTER an absence of many years I lately...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...myshare-^ T still had hopes, my latest holirs to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to sit me down ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell...first she flew I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. How blest is he, who crowns, in shades like these...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith: With an Account of His Life and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...wasting by repose, still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-leam'd g us that practise the law. I have taken an oath against...Would you have me perjure myself? Honeywood. But pursua. Pants to the place from whence at first he flew. i still had hopes, my long vexations past,...
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 740 pages
...by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And...first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return . . and die at home at last. That hope is idle for him. Sweet Auburn is no more....
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The life and adventures of Oliver Goldsmith

John Forster - 1848 - 744 pages
...by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And...first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return . . and die at home at last. 1767 TO 1774.] 541 That hope is idle for him. Sweet...
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The gift book of English poetry

English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...by repose : I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And...Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, 1 still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest retirement,...
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Duties of Young Women

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - 1848 - 244 pages
...down ; To husband out life s taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose ; ***** Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell...horns pursue Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last." And...
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The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography in Four Books, Part 2

John Forster - 1848 - 1294 pages
...by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-leam'd skill ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all 1 saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew,...
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