 MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the...  Lessons for writing from dictation - Page 44by William Ewart - 1849 - 72 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...and skies endure. J. MONTGOMEBY. A WISH. MINE be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall sooth my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...casinnal poems is, perhaps, that entitled " A Wish." Mine be a cot beside the hill, fi bee-hive'fr hum to soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill. With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift... | |
 | 1847 - 436 pages
...LONDON MAGAZINE. THE COTTAGE HOME.' MUTE be a eot beside a hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe mine ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow oft, beneath my thateh, Shall twitter from the elay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 452 pages
...seclusion could not be fancied. He repeated some verses of Rogers' " Wish," which paint the spot : — " Mine be a cot beside the hill — A bee-hive's hum...that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near :" &c. But when he came to the stanza — " And Lucy at her wheel shall sing, In russet-gown and apron... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1849 - 118 pages
...loves me too : I start, and when the vision's flown, I weep that I am all alone. THE WISH. ROGERS. MINE be a cot beside the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall...turns a mill, "With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft, beneath my thatch, Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; Oft shall the pilgrim lift... | |
 | 1887 - 698 pages
...roaring still for more ! Too faithful mirror ! how dost thou reflect The melancholy face of human life ! Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. Samuel Rogers, ' A Wish.' Your love in a cottage is hungry. Your vine is a nest for flies— Your milkmaid... | |
 | 1887 - 700 pages
...The melancholy face of human life ! Young, ' Night Thoughts.1 Country life : — Mine be a cot beeide the hill; A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A...turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. Samuel Rogers, ' A Wish.' Your love in a cottage in hungry. Your vine is a nest for flies — Your... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...there, Fastened her down for ever I THE WISH. Mine be a cot beside the hill ; A bee-hive's hum slnll soothe my ear; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall shall linger near. The swallow oft, beneath my thatch, / Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 428 pages
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