 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 fear...  Among My Books - Pagina 145door James Russell Lowell - 1870 - 686 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 498 pagina’s
...disappointments. Full little knowest thou that hast not tride. What hell it is in suing long to bidei To lose good days that might be better spent ; To...discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peere's ;... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1807 - 538 pagina’s
...must not be forgotten — those which begin thus — " Fall little knowest thou, that hast not try'd " What Hell it is, in suing long to bide." To lose good days — to waste long nights — and as he feelingly exclaims, " To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1809 - 442 pagina’s
...lines 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...discontent, " To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, " To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, " To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, "... | |
 | 1809 - 696 pagina’s
...honours, we would address ourselves in the language of the experienced Spenser. Full little knowcst thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is, in suing long to bide ; To loose good days, thai might bo better spent, Ti> waste Ion-; night* in pensive discontent; To speed... | |
 | John Black - 1810 - 460 pagina’s
...represents expecting nothing as one of the Beatitudes. Full little knowest thou, that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to bide; To lose good dayes that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to day, to be... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 418 pagina’s
...upon me, and, in a kind of rapture, repeated the following lines of SPENSER : " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing...discontent : To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace,yet want his peeres";... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 414 pagina’s
...upon me, and, in a kind of rapture, repeated the following lines of SPENSER : " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bid? : , To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent... | |
 | John Elihu Hall - 1814 - 592 pagina’s
...the national institute — but none of them contains • Ah! little knowest thou, who has* not try'd, What hell it is, in suing long to bide, To lose good days that might be better (pent, To pus long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pagina’s
...misfortune of depending on court-favours, in the following beautiful lines : ' Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing...discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed in hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers', To... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pagina’s
...misfortune of depending on court-favours, in the follow-- ing beautiful lines : ' Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing...discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed in hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her peers', To... | |
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