 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...  Narrative of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., - Page 43by John Gibson Lockhart - 1848Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 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 many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Great Britain - 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 - England - 1841 - 300 pages
...myself 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...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
...myself 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 - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...Hark, thy 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 360 pages
...believe an ancient epigram on the Gnidian Venus.— Analecta Vet. Poetarum, IIL 200. A WISH. 1782. MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall...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... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 352 pages
...believe an ancient epigram on the Gnidian Venus. — Analecta Vet. Poetarum, IIL 200. A WISH. 1782. MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall...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... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1843 - 402 pages
...of the name of the author. They were written many years ago by Samuel Rogers, a living poet. A WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 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 rush by their own weight. This huge rotundit The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift... | |
 | 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, 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... | |
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