Answer: 2. He had hoped to retire in the village and die there.
Step-by-step explanation:
This question is based on the poem, "The Deserted Village" by Oliver Goldsmith. In the lines in question, the speaker talks about how he has been through quite a lot in life and how he would like to go home, back to his village.
There he would retire and tell stories of his life and what he had been through whilst seated around a fire. He spoke of how he hoped he would die, in his village.