 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
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 578 pagina’s
...favour was so dilatory ; vet much and many of them, the sensitive part of his nature made him undergo: " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to in- put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace,... | |
 | John Paul Jones - 1830 - 572 pagina’s
...was so dilatory ; vet much and many of them, the sensitive part of his nature made him undergo : " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To ipeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1830 - 682 pagina’s
...and, in the emphatic language of Spenser, they were doomed " To lose good days that might ho butter spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to he put hack to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1831 - 476 pagina’s
...thou that hast not tried, ' What Hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might he better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrowf ', To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 356 pagina’s
...ten 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, To eat... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 448 pagina’s
...famous description of the miseries of a court-suitor ? " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tride, 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 438 pagina’s
...famous description of the miseries of a court-suitor ? " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tride, 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... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1833 - 750 pagina’s
...Public Distress. 928 Full little knowest thou, that bast not tried, What hell it is, in hopeless toils 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 care and sorrow ; To live in miVry, yet have many fears ; To lose thy... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 846 pagina’s
...and many a one hath miee' Full tittle knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is. In «lemg * r q [ * D W ߚ㗔 ( I 1- «peed to-day, to bft put buck to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and Borrow ; To have... | |
 | 1833 - 522 pagina’s
...Though he is said to have had a pension, his querulous verses will not be forgotten. Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To speed, to give, to want, to be undone. Le Sage resided... | |
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