| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | A Wish | | By Samuel Rogers (1763–1855) |
| | | MINE be a cot beside the hill; | |
| A bee-hive’s hum shall soothe my ear; | |
| A willowy brook, that turns a mill, | |
| With many a fall shall linger near. | |
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| The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch, | 5 |
| Shall twitter from her clay-built nest; | |
| Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, | |
| And share my meal, a welcome guest. | |
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| Around my ivy’d porch shall spring | |
| Each fragrant flower that drinks the dew; | 10 |
| And Lucy, at her wheel, shall sing | |
| In russet gown and apron blue. | |
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| The village-church among the trees, | |
| Where first our marriage-vows were given, | |
| With merry peals shall swell the breeze, | 15 |
| And point with taper spire to heaven. | | | | |
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