 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1822 - 194 sidor
...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 pursue,...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,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 sidor
...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 pursue,...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, Retreats... | |
 | Alicia Lefanu - 1823 - 536 sidor
...voice, which assure me. of the sincerity of a heart equally tender and faithful !" . ; CHAPCHAPTER II. And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...past — Here to return, and die at home at last. GOLDSMITH. TIME passed on, with little to vary its course for Geraldine, except the occasional letters... | |
 | 1823 - 816 sidor
...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 ; butas the... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 sidor
...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...had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return— ana die at home at last. О bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sidor
...all I saw; And, as an hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he ' Retreats from care that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns in shades like these, A youth... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 sidor
...fire an ev'ning groupe to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And as a hare, whom bounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at...past, Here to return — and die at home at last. 0 blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Tletreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 sidor
...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 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 sidor
...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 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 sidor
...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... | |
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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... 
