 HERE would I wish to sleep. — This is the spot Which I have long mark'd out to lay my bones in; Tired out and wearied with the riotous world, Beneath this yew I would be sepulchred. It is a lovely spot...  Old and New Nottingham - Page 172by William Howie Wylie - 1853 - 374 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Great Britain - 1873 - 866 pages
...Lines written iu Wilford Churchyard, on Kecovery from Sickness." LINES WBITTEN IS WILFORD CUURCHTABD. Here would I wish to sleep. — This is the spot Which I have long mark'd out to lay my bones in ; Tir'd out and wearied with the riotous world, Beneath, this Yew I would be sepuldired. It is a lovely... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - English literature - 1907 - 606 pages
...whose peaceful churchyard, adjoining the river, the poet expressed a yearning desire to be buried: — Here would I wish to sleep. This is the spot Which I have long marked out to lay my bones in ; Tired out and wearied with the riotous world, Beneath this yew I would... | |
 | Richard Allen (of Nottingham.) - 1866 - 300 pages
...I -wish to sleep. This i3 the spot "Which I have long marked out to lay my bones in; Tired out at)d wearied with the riotous world, Beneath this yew I would be sepulchred." Kirke White was deeply attached to Wilford, and during 1804 he rented a room in one of the cottages... | |
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