 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
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 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. * Alluding to some verso which she had written on in elder sister, t Inscrit«d "n an urn in the flower-garden... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...there, Fastened her down for ever I THE WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shill 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...His instincts, passions, say how like our own ! Oh ! when will day reveal a world unknown ?" A WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A beehive'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 lift... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 416 pages
...would be well worth noticing if we had time. THE WISH. MINE be a cot beside a hill, A bee- hive 1mm shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. Around my ivied porch shall spring Kach fragrant flower that sips the dew; And Lucy at her wheel shall... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1851 - 328 pages
...hears the welcome of a friend. 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 many a fall shall linger near. Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest. Around my ivy'd-porch shall... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1851 - 354 pages
...And those blue eyes, with mildest lustre fraught, Gild the calm current of domestic hours ! A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe rny ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1852 - 522 pages
...that long-lost spell f in secret given, To draw down Gods, and lift the soul to Heaven ! 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... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...gain my native skies ; There Happiness in full perfection grows. Christian Guardian, 1816. 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...shrill horn its fearful larum flings ! — I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more ! A WISH. MntE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. * Then are pasKi la the Alps, where the guides tell you to move on with speed, and say nuihirvj, lest... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...happiest of the happy; When a spring-lock, that lay in ambush there, Fasten'd her down for ever ! A WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A beehive'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 lift... | |
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