 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 ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew, I still had hopes, my long...  The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith - Page 42by Oliver Goldsmith - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Lutheran Church - 1831 - 308 pages
...On dying at home* Icindred. Thus says Goldsmith in liis poem of the Traveller: *' I still had hope my long vexations past, Here to return and die at home at last." .And Pope in his Elegy to the memory of an unfortunate V'oung Lady, thus feelingly speaks of her death... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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...decline! Retreat from care, that never must be mine ! „_ » ,;-.,:'--.--• '. - --- •;.• --^=^J^. How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1832 - 498 pages
...* :— In all my wand'rings round this world of care, In all my grief (and God has given my share,) I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. " At Alderford he was received with the warmth and welcome which have ever characterised Irish friendship.... | |
 | David Vedder - English poetry - 1832 - 236 pages
...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 have hopes, my long vexations past, There to return, and die at home at last. MY... | |
 | Adam Waldie - Literature - 1833 - 640 pages
...skill. Around mv 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 he flew, I still had hojies, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. O, blest retirement, friend... | |
 | William Cobbett - Authors, English - 1835 - 236 pages
...Year's Residence," shows its head a few miles to the west, and close to Farnham; — "And, as the bare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew," 4 he wrote of it and spoke of it as his resting-place from the vexations and the bustle of his active... | |
 | William Cobbett - Authors, English - 1835 - 230 pages
...Residence," shows its head a few miles "'"to the west, and close to Farnham; — "And, as the hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew," he wrote of it and spoke of it as his resting-place from the vexations and the bustle of his active... | |
 | William Cobbett - Authors - 1835 - 456 pages
...Residence," shows its head a few miles to the west, and close to Farnham ; — " And, as the hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew," he wrote of it and spoke of it as his restingplace from the vexations and the bustle of his active... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1835 - 362 pages
...skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw; And, as a bare, 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. GOLDSMITH'S... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...skill ; Around my fire an evening group to draw, To tell of all I felt, of all I saw. And as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from...past, Here to return — and die at home at last." The Deserted Village is founded upon the following incident as related by Mr. Prior : — General Napier,... | |
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