 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1825 - 476 pages
...the swains to show my 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...horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...he had ever looked forward to this beloved spot, as the haven of repose for the evening of his days. And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, «, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. With... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...the swains to show my book-leam'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I sure some pow'r above, 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 —... | |
 | English poetry - 1826 - 300 pages
...the swains to show my 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...first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations pass'd, Here to return— and die at home at last. O bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline,... | |
 | 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 to the place from whence at first he flew, — I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, — and die at home at last.... | |
 | 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 to the place from whence at first he flew, — I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, — and die at home at last.... | |
 | General reader - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1827 - 246 pages
...the swains to show my 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 to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. O, blest... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...the swains to shew my 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 horn pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew., I still had hopes, my long vexations... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...the swains to show my 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...vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at lust. 0 blest retirement; friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine I How... | |
 | Alexander Balfour - 1830 - 398 pages
...had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down : And, as a hare, when hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence...vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last !" An apology might seem necessary for quoting lines so generally known, and, I hope, felt ; but, as... | |
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Amidst these humble 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... 
