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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. "
The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine - Page 62
1863
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Duties of Young Women

Edwin Hubbell Chapin - Women - 1850 - 230 pages
...had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amid 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 _ o* DUTIES OP YOUNG WOMEN. ***** Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and...
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The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, with illustr. by J. Absolon [and ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 160 pages
...I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skillAround my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as an hare,...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 162 pages
...I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learn'd skillAround my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; O bless'd retirement,...
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Poems, Plays and Essays

Oliver Goldsmith - Irish literature - 1851 - 476 pages
...I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...for pride attends us still — Amidst the swains to shew my book-le.irn'd skill, Around my fire an evemng group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all...
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Works, Volume 11

Washington Irving - 1851 - 400 pages
...— I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...repose ; I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amid the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of...
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The Works of Washington Irving: Oliver Goldsmith

Washington Irving - American literature - 1851 - 402 pages
...— I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amid these humble bowers to lay me down j To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...repose ; I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amid the swains to show my book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an ev'ning group to draw, And tell of...
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Traditions and Reminiscences, Chiefly of the American Revolution in the ...

Joseph Johnson - History - 1851 - 620 pages
...collections to any who may have a curiosity to know some of the past events. *" I still had hopes ****** Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I heard — of all I saw." — GOLDSMITH. My children, too, may have some curiosity to hear the traditions...
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Studies from the English poets

George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...still had hopes my latest hours to crown, 85 Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learu'd skill, oo Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw...
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Lives of the Illustrious: (the Biographical Magazine)., Volume 2

Biography - 1852 - 372 pages
...still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down, To husband ont life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from...pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all !! felt, of all I saw...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - English language - 1853 - 446 pages
...I still had hopes my latest years to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame...pride attends us still,) Amidst 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....
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