 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 428 pages
...all I saw ; And, as a hare, whom bounds 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. O bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How happy... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...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 she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations pass'd, Here to return—and die at'home at last. O... | |
 | Alicia Lefanu - 1823 - 536 pages
...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 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.... | |
 | 1823 - 816 pages
...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 at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last ! An apology... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...book-learn'd skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw; And, as an :/ X :/ O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must be mine, How blest... | |
 | 1824 - 312 pages
...dissatisfied with myself, and wearied with a world, the .pleasures of which I could never find, I determined, ——"my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last.—" There is something in the place . of our birth, some feeling allied to the scenes of our infancy, which... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...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 at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return— ana die at home at last. О... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...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,...past, Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, tliat never roust be mine » How blest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 476 pages
...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,...past, Here to return — and die at home at last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...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...vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. With these expectations he returns, after the lapse of several years, and finds the village deserted... | |
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... 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... 
