 ... bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...  Notes and Queries - Page 2261877Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...book-leam'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; , Whieh eontrols our wills in love ! If not love, a strong plaee from whenee at first he flew, ¡ still had hopes, my long vexations past, ¡1ere to return —... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...share, — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; — And as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...past, Here to return, — and die at home at last. We are also sensibly affected by scenes that have been distinguished by the residence of persons whose... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...share, — I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; — And as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...past, Here to return, — and die at home at last. We are also sensibly affected by scenes that have been distinguished by the residence of persons whose... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw ; And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations pass'd, Here to return— and die at home at last. O... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. O, blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, that never must be mine ! How blest... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And as a hare, whom hounds and horn pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he...vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, that never must be mine ! How blest... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1830 - 230 pages
...realized. CHAPTER XVI. O Furtitiia, viris invida fortibns Quani non aequa bonis pramia dividis. SENECA. And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue. Pants to the place from whence at first he flew. ***** Heie, to the houseless child of want, My door is open still. GOLDsMITH. SLOWLY, for Lucy, waned... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1830 - 544 pages
...book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, ! still had hopes, my long vexations past, riere to return — and die at home at last. О blest retirement,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...book-learn'd skill; Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at lust. 0... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as an hare whom hounds and horns pursue, 'Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, 1 still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. Oblc-t retirement,... | |
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