 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...  Miscellanies... - Page 194by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Theology - 1838 - 808 pages
...alii saw ; And as a hare whom hounds and horns pursue, Pants to the place from whence at first sne flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last.' In short, his poetry breathes the true English spirit and notions. English life is stamped upon it,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith (the Poet.) - 1839 - 358 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...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Medicine in literature - 1839 - 360 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...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 242 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...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...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...last. O blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreat from cares, that never must be mine, Howblest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 398 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...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
...: — " And :i •; a hare whom honnds and horns pnrsne, PanU 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." Oliver Goldsmith might have been a better man, but it is impossible not to love him and to recognize... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 446 pages
...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...last. O, blest retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreats from care that never must be mine ! How happy he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1842 - 416 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,...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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