 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...  Notes and Queries - Page 801887Full view - About this book
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...ruin spare its hallow'd guest ! A WISH. MlKE 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. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...shrill horn its feat ful lamín flings! — I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more! A WISH. MINK be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe...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 Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...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, ofi, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Ofi shall the pilgrim... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 514 pages
...its fenrful larum Sings ! — I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more ! A WISH. MINE be a cot beeide the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A...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... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - American literature - 1834 - 542 pages
...many years elapse My first, most ardent wish, is like that expressed by the sweet bard of Italy — Mine be a cot beside the hill, . A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear, A willowy brook that turns no mill, With many a fall shall linger near. I can't go the mill, however agreeable it may be to less... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Fore-edge painting - 1834 - 320 pages
...Analecta Vet. Poetarum, III. 200, 195 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. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1834 - 330 pages
...Analecta Vet. Poctarum, III. 200. i 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... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...O, While to wish them good night the merry pipes Struck up a lilt so gaily, O. THE WISH. (Rogers.) 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 swallow oft beneath my thatch... | |
 | Art - 1834 - 238 pages
...picturesque. The scene is truly English, and breathes an air of pastoral poetry: it reminds us of the " brook that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near." — Rogers. FORT ROUGE, CALAIS. • D. COX. THE approach to Calais must be fresh in the memory of a... | |
 | Flowers - 1835 - 174 pages
...fallen rose ! sad emblem of their doom; Frail as thy self, they perish while they bloom ! L1V. 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... | |
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