 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...  A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse - Side 321redigert av - 1907 - 484 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 402 sider
...show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all 1 saw ; And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue,...first she flew ; I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last." How touchingly expressive are the succeeding lines,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 sider
...show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all 1 saw ; And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue,...first she flew ; I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last." How touchingly expressive are the succeeding lines,... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 sider
...show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all 1 saw ; And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue,...first she flew ; I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last." How touchingly expressive are the succeeding lines,... | |
 | Christian souvenir - 1851 - 286 sider
...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 it flew, — I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, — and die at home at last."... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 sider
...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 horns...first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest retirement ! friend to life's decline, Retreat... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1852 - 570 sider
...Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as a hare when hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence...first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, 95 Here to return, and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 sider
...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,...she flew — I still had hopes — my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. 0 blest retirement, friend to life's decline! Retreats... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 sider
...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...she flew — I still had hopes — my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline ! Retreats... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 sider
...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 last. O blest retirement,...Retreats from care that never must be mine — How blest is he who crowns in shades bike these, A youth of labour with an age of ease; Who quits a world... | |
 | William Spalding - 1853 - 446 sider
...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 Hew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last ! Oh... | |
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