| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 pages
...delayed: Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease! Seats of my youth, when every sport could please! How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble...charm! The sheltered cot; the cultivated farm, The never failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church, that topped the neighboring hill; The hawthorn... | |
| Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 484 pages
...Where humble happiness endear'd each iceue! How often have I paused on every charm,— The shelter'd cot, — the cultivated farm, — The never-failing...brook, — the busy mill,— The decent church, that topt the neighbouring hill,— The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade. Fur talking age and... | |
| Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 506 pages
...Where humble happiness endear'd each scene t How often have I paused on every charm,— The shelter'd cot,— the cultivated farm,— The never•failing...brook., — the busy mill, — The decent church, that topt the neighbouring hill,— The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade. For talking age and... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1834 - 492 pages
...Where humble happiness endear'd each sceuel How often have I paused on every charm,— The ahelter'd cot, — the cultivated farm, — The never-failing...brook,' — the busy mill, — The decent church, that topt the neighbouring hill,— The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pages
...every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paused on every charm,...never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering... | |
| William Hamilton Maxwell - English fiction - 1837 - 222 pages
...CHAPTER I. THE VILLAGE THE GIPSY AND THE ROUT. How often have I paused on every charm, The shelter M cot, the cultivated farm. The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighb'ring hill. GOLDSMITH. " SWEET village ! I must leave thee soon" — exclaimed a tall... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 472 pages
...green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene! How often have I paused on every charm, The shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighb'ring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering... | |
| Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...fill'd each pause the nightingale had made. How often have I paused on every charm ! — The shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, — The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 pages
...Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paused on ev'ry charm, The shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering... | |
| English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I paused on ev'ry charm, The shelter'd cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topp'd the neighb'ring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring... | |
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