 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
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 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 to return — and die at home at last. Oh, bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1840 - 740 pages
...bright'ning to the last, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, His Heav'n commences ere the world be past. Here to return, and die at home at last. O, blest retirement ! friend to life's decline, GOLDSMITH* Retreat from care, which never can be mine, TRANSLATION. Inter tot curas, luctusque ubicunque... | |
 | 1840 - 598 pages
...bare, whom horns and bounds pursue, Panls to the place from whence at first she flew, I still bad hope, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last." All the likenesses of the poet Thompson indicate, besides Inrge Ideality and perception, an unusual... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...skill, Around my fire an ev'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 flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. Oh,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 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...last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth... | |
 | 1884 - 656 pages
...looked forward in his " Sweet Auburn" : — " And :i •; a hare whom honnds and horns pnrsne, PanU to the place from whence at first he flew, I still...past, Here to return — and die at home at last." Oliver Goldsmith might have been a better man, but it is impossible not to love him and to recognize... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 548 pages
...saw; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horns pursue, 'ants to the place from whence at first be flew, still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. О blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 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— and die at home at last. O blest... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1896 - 312 pages
...crowd with awe ; And as great JOHNSON, whom great REYNOLDS drew, Points to the place whence with regret he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to hang high ar.d have a home at last. Johnson, Sir, that snffioeth ! If Ait is long, that is no reason... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 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...last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline , Retreats from care , that never must be mine , How blest is he who crowns , in shades like these... | |
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