 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 she flew — I still had hopes — my...  Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography - Page 237by Washington Irving - 1849 - 382 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1824 - 502 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...had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return— ana die at home at last. ¾ bless'd retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1064 pages
...all I saw; And, as an hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he ' 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 160 pages
...fire an ev'ning groupe to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw ; And as a hare, whom bounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at...past, Here to return — and die at home at last. 0 blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Tletreats from care, that never must be mine, How blest... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1825 - 440 pages
...his days. 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 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 314 pages
...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 vexations 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... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 620 pages
...me down ; — 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 vexations past, Here to return, — and die at home at last. We are also sensibly affected by scenes that have been distinguished by the residence of persons whose... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 702 pages
...me down ; — 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 vexations past, Here to return, — and die at home at last. We are also sensibly affected by scenes that have been distinguished by the residence of persons whose... | |
 | General reader - 1827 - 246 pages
...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 vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last. O, blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from care, that never must be mine ! How blest... | |
 | 1828 - 812 pages
...all I saw ; And as a hare, whom hounds and horn pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first he flew., 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, Retreat from care, that never must be mine ! How blest... | |
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