...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...

...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...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....

...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 book-leamed skill, 90 Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw;...

...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 book-learned skill (85-90). 18 P. Bronte, Cottage Poems (Halifax, 1811). See also Bronteana, The Rev. Patrick Bronte,...

...lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close. And keep the flame from wasting by repose, 1 still had hopes, for pride attends us stilL Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill (85-90). 18 P. Bronte, Cottage Poems (Halifax, 1811). See also Brontéana, The Rev. Patrick Bronté,...

...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,...felt, 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...

...the "I" speaks about himself, so that he seems to step out of the traditional, formal role of poet: I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to shew my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening groupe to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all...

...distinction as well as the village's tranquillity: 305 I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amid the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my...group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw . . . (lines 89-92) The speaker appears only a few times after this section, just enough to keep the...

...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,...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....

...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...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....