 O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point...  The Plays - Pagina 236door William Shakespeare - 1824Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1867 - 632 pagina’s
...leisure, one might yield to the influence of the place, and with Shakespeare's Henry VI. exclaim, — " Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than...by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run. The shepherd's homely curds — His thin cold drink out of his leathern bottle— His wonted sleep... | |
 | Sunday readings - 1867 - 232 pagina’s
...golden doors To hail Thy Sabbath, Lord ! SHEPHERD. Uhland. THE QUIET HAPPINESS OP HIS LIFE. OGOD ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill ; To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How many make... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 1100 pagina’s
...woeî го O (Jod l methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon .1 less proud now they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours hrinç about the day; How many days... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 786 pagina’s
...'Woukl I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world but grief and woeï О n blot that name ЛУНЬ any just reproach? Claud....he talk'd with you yesternight Out at your window, Iiow they run : How many make the hour full complete. How many hours bring about the day. How many... | |
 | Book - 1868 - 168 pagina’s
...spear, And each imprisoned hero quaked for fear. Swift. 54 PASTORAL DUTIES AND DELIGHTS. 1V/TETHINKS it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely...now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, THE BOOK Of ELEGANT EXTRACTS. Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1862 - 362 pagina’s
...more a fool, the more a knave. — Pope. O God ! methinksl it were a happy life To be no better tban a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to sec the minutes how they run. — Shak. Poor guiltless I ! and can I choose but smile1, When every... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1870 - 358 pagina’s
...wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the? more a fool, the more a knave. — Pope. O God ! methinkft it were a happy life To be no better than a homely...by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run. — Shak. Poor guiltless I ! and can 1 choose but smiler, When every coxcomb knows me by my style.... | |
 | 1874 - 808 pagina’s
...* To whom God will, there he the victory ! ****** Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God...a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain. King Henry VI. Part HI., Act a. Scene V. him as one might carry a pocket diary. Its cover shows the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pagina’s
...the king. REV. WILLIAM RANKIN DURYEA. A SHEPHERD'S LIFE, ntou "THIRD PART or HENRY vi." KINO HENRY. 0 God! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better...point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they ran ; How many make the hour full complete ; How many hours bring about the day ; How many Jays will... | |
 | Geo. F. Holmes, George Frederick Holmes - 1871 - 264 pagina’s
...none to flatter but the apitaph. — Goldsmith. XII. O God- ! methinks it were a happy life, To he no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill,...now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Therehy to see the minutes how they run. Ah ! what a life were this ! how sweet ! how lovely I Gives... | |
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