 ... 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...  Notes and Queries - Seite 2261877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Forster - 1848 - 734 Seiten
...l saw ; And, as a hare, whom hounds and horn* pursue, Pants to the place from whence lit first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1969 - 284 Seiten
...yearn back for a competent old age in his native Stratford. Goldsmith, an Irishman, understood it— 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. We... | |
 | Raymond Williams - 1975 - 356 Seiten
...spurn imploring famine from the gate. It is not only the frustration of that understandable hope — my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at home at last. It is that the social forces which are dispossessing the village are seen as simultaneously dispossessing... | |
 | G. S. Rousseau - 1995 - 420 Seiten
...my book-leam'd 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. How... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2000 - 324 Seiten
...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...I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return—and die at home at last. THE VILLAGE PREACHER From the 'Deserted Village 1 NEAE yonder copse,... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - 2014 - 132 Seiten
...and all I saw; And, as a hare whom hounds and horn 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. OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1 Which line tells us that the poet's life had been an unhappy one? (A) line 11 (C)... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 Seiten
...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 long vexations passed, Here to return — and die at home at last.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 2007 - 298 Seiten
...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 long vexations past, Here to return, and die at home at last.... | |
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