 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
 | J. C. - Ballads, English - 1860 - 218 pages
...fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. \ THE WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willow brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The B wallow, oft, beneath my... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1861 - 328 pages
...— " My certy," he added, scratching his head, " and I think it will be a grand season for our buiks too." But indeed Tom always talked of our buiks as...linger near: " &c. But when he came to the stanza — 9 " And Lucy at her wheel shall sing, In russet-gown and apron blue," he departed from the text,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...cast my e'e On prospects drear ! And forward, tho' I canna see, I guess and fear. R. Burns CXLV 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 lift... | |
 | Arthur Mee - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 690 pages
...life. How true it is that we most admire those things which we have not got ! IVAiNE be a cot beside a hill ; * A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy...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... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - Readers - 1921 - 408 pages
...riches have anything to do with real success? Explain your answer. A WISH BY SAMUEL ROGERS TV /T INE be a cot beside the hill ; •!•"-•• A beehive's...turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch 5 Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | John Drinkwater - Children's poetry - 1922 - 288 pages
...Hawk, Old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all. Chorus — Old Uncle Tom Cobbleigh and all. Old Ballad 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 lift... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...The Old Clock an the Stairs. 5 Rus in urbe. Country in town. MARTIALT— Epigrams. Bk. XII. 57. 21. a erve the hour, Nor paltered with Eternal God for power. TENNYS car; A wijlowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. SAM'L ROGERS — A Wish.... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...labour bears a lovely face ; Then hey nonny, nonny ; hey nonny, nonny ! 20 1603. Thomas Dekker. 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. 4, The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...NINETEENTH CENTURY PART ONE: THE EARLIER NINETEENTH CENTURY SAMUEL ROGERS (1763-1855) A WISH (1786) 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 5 Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | Iolo Aneurin Williams - English poetry - 1923 - 524 pages
...green- wood shade ; These simple joys, that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. 458 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... | |
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