 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
 | Elbert Hubbard - Biography - 1895 - 244 pages
...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...I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return—and die at home at last. But he never saw Ireland after he left it in 1754. He died in London... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1898 - 70 pages
...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 at first she...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 from care,... | |
 | Arthur Hamilton Norway - Cornwall (England : County) - 1898 - 428 pages
...down. 318 CARN BREA CHAP. And as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue Pants to the place from which at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, There to return, and die at home at last. It is unfortunate that I have no science ; otherwise I might... | |
 | Robinson Ellis, Alfred Denis Godley - English poetry - 1899 - 298 pages
...evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as the 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. 0 blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Eetreats... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And, as an hare, whom hounds and horn pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still bad hopes, my long vexations past, "And all the village train, from labor free, Led up their sports... | |
 | Robert McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 644 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 vexation past, Here to return and die at home at last. . His fame was now well established, and the... | |
 | Devon and Cornwall - 1900 - 474 pages
...humble bowers to lay me down. And as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue Pants to the place from which at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, There to return, and die at home at last. It is unfortunate that I have no science ; otherwise I might... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Anthologies - 1901 - 426 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, Oh blest retirement ! friend to life's decline, Ketreat from care, that never must be mine, How blest... | |
 | 1901 - 408 pages
...taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose, 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 past Safe to return — and die at home at last. NOTE — Authorities drawn upon : Runnell's " History o(... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - New Hampshire - 1901 - 408 pages
...taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose, 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 past Safe to return — and die at home at last. NOTE— Authorities drawn upon : Runnell's " History of... | |
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