 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 276 pages
...skill — 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 horns pursue, Pants to the place...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,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1845 - 550 pages
....1... !>.., TW ed forward to this beloved spot, as the haven of re;''— for the evening of his days. And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at tlist he flew, * R ill had hnpea, my long vexations past, Jiere to return, and die at home at last.... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...my fire an evening croup to draw', And tell of all I felt', and alt I saw' ; And, as a hare', which hounds and horns pursue', Pants to the place from whence at first he flew', 55 I still had hopes', my long vexations past', Here to returnv — and die at home at last'.... | |
 | 1846 - 824 pages
...hushimd out life's taper at tlic close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose i I ?till hod hope, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at latí." He sleeps, however, in a distant grave ; and in old Westminster we have often tarried to think... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 290 pages
...bowers to sit me down ; 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...past, Here to return — and die at home at last. How blest is he, who crowns, in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of case ; Who quits... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 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 a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Home to return — and die at home at last." GOLDSMITH. AFTER an absence of many years I lately revisited... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1847 - 558 pages
...all I saw; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursua. Pants to the place from whence at first he er as, I lielicve, you'll have no scruple. [Pulling out his purse.] O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest... | |
 | John BECHERVAISE - 1847 - 118 pages
...share — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. Goldsmith's Trmetter. PORTSEA: PRINTED BY W. WOODWARD. 1847. .-fcV: -•> * TO VICE ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM... | |
 | John Forster - 1848 - 744 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 a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...past, Here to return . . and die at home at last. 1767 TO 1774.] 541 That hope is idle for him. Sweet Auburn is no more. But though he finds the scene... | |
 | Joachim Fernau - 1848 - 736 pages
...book-leam'd skill : Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all 1 saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants...past, Here to return . . and die at home at last. That hope is idle for him. Sweet Auburn is no more. But though he finds the scene deserted, for us... | |
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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... 
