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 she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, 95 Here to return, and die at home... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 3181927Full view - About this book
| James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom horns and hounds pursue. Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexation past, Here to return—and die at home at last. Oh, blest retirement, friend to life's decline,... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1863 - 614 pages
...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 she flew, I still had hopes, my l<5ng vexations past, Here to return8 — and die at home at last.10 fl. O bless'd retirement ! friend... | |
| Children's literature, English - 1863 - 348 pages
...And tell of all I felt and all I saw. And as a hare when hounds and horse pursde, Pants to the plaoe from whence at first she flew* I still had hopes — my long vexations ps?t Here to return, and die at home at last ! " See him, a child of six years old, obtaining credit... | |
| Washington Irving - 1864 - 664 pages
...an cv'ning 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 she...hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and dit at hume at Ui6t." How touchingly expressive are the succeeding lines, wrung from a heart which... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1865 - 78 pages
...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...she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, 98 Here to return — and die at home at last. Oh, blest retirement, friend to life's decline, •... | |
| REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1865 - 698 pages
...Around my fire an evening group to draw, Aud tell of all I felt and all I saw ˇ And. as a hare, whom hounds and horn pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I »till had hope», my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at Home at laut I " Oh!... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...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 she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, 05 Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...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 she flew, I still had hopes—my long vexations past— Here to return, and die at home at last. 0 blest Retirement, friend... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1868 - 276 pages
...evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And as an hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at 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,... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...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 she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations passed, Here to return, and die at home at last. Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close,... | |
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