 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
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. , A WISH. SAMUEL ROGERS. Mine be a cot beside the bill , A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear , A willowy brook,...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...thy shrill horn its fearful lamín 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 ; OK shall the pilgrim lift... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 428 pages
...seclusion could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogers' "Wish," which paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beside the hill — A bee-hive's hum...willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shalHinger near :" &c. But when he came to the Stanza— " And Lucy at her wheel shall sing, la russet-gown... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 408 pages
...verses of Rogers' " Wish," which paint the spot : — " 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 : " &c. But when he came to the Stanza — " And Lucy at her wheel shall sing, In russet-gown and apron... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 294 pages
...seclusion could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogevs's " Wish," which paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beside the hill — A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook that tarns a miH, With many a fall, shall linger near ; " &c, But when he came to the stanza — " And Lucy... | |
 | Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...seclusion could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogers's " Wish," which paint the spot:— " Mine be a cot beside the hill— A beehive's hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that tarns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near; " &c. But when he came to the stanza— " And Lucy... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 790 pages
...paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beeide the hill— • Л beehive's hum «hall soothe my car ; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near :" &C. But when he came to the Stanza — "And Lncy at her wheel shall sing, In russet-gown and apron... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...dust Oppression shall be hurl'd, Her name, her nature, wither'd from the world ! CAMPBELL. THE 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, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...sbrill horn its fearful larum flings ! — I wake in horror; and dare sleep no more ! A WISH. MnTE mansion glitters with the eastern ray, Whose elevated...slopes and lawns, the park's extensive pride, To where s There are passes in the Alps, where the pintles tell T / to move on with speed, and say nothing,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...horn its fearful larum flings ! —I wake in horror, and dare sleep no more ! A WISH. MINE be a coj beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. * Alluding to some versos which she had written on an Ider sister, i luscribed on an urn in the flower-garden... | |
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