...fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw: And, as a hare whom hounds nnd 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. i O blest retirement,...

...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 he flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past, Here to return — and die at Home at last." Hopes,...

...complaint or vain repining. I do not come, therefore, to return to Goldsmith's figure, "As a hare whom hounds and horns pursue Pants to the place from whence at first it flew, (Nor with the desire) my long vexations past Here to return and die at home at last" — for...

...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 must understand...

...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. . .l In...

...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. O blest retirement,...

...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. O blest...