 Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with...  Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets - Sida 17efter William Howitt - 1847Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 744 sidor
...hell it is, in suin^ Iimu to biilc; To lose tood days that miglit be belter spent ; To waste loot; nights in pensive discontent. To speed to-day, to...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow : To fret the soul with crosses and with cares. To eat the bread thro' comfortless despairs.' " Havmg thus... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1839 - 746 sidor
...sighing long to bide, To pass long days that might be better [spent, To waste long nights in hopeless discontent; To speed to-day to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine in fear and [sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with [cares, To eat thy heart with comfortlessdespairs;... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1840 - 426 sidor
...Spenser so feelingly sings in his Mother Hubbard's Tale, " What hell it was in suing, long to bide, To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret the soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat the heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1923 - 740 sidor
...hath miss'dl Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide: To lose good days that might be better spent; To waste...fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers'; To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares;... | |
 | Edward George Harman - 1923 - 322 sidor
...is in suing long to bide : 1 See my " Spenser " volume, chap. VI. and p. 407. To loose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights...put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with f eare and sorrow ; To have thy Princes grace, yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking, yet wait manie... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1925 - 348 sidor
...Spenser's tears: — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days that might be better spent: To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To spend to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 sidor
...sort is pity. Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good days that might be better spent, ^ To...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 424 sidor
...What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To matte long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrom ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her... | |
 | Charles William Heckethorn - 2005 - 377 sidor
...discovered. The two, dogs were shot under the gallows. But even the honest Alchymists were doomed — " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To eat their hearts through comfortless despairs. Unhappy... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 426 sidor
...without yawning! "Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide." "To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and... | |
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