 | Edmund Spenser - Ireland - 1763 - 310 pages
...Death, the Author feefhs to allude ' to the Difcouragement I have mcntion'd . in the following Stanza. . O Grief of Griefs .! O Gall of all good Hearts ! ' To fee that Vertue /bould defpifed be Of fuchasfirft were raised for yertue's Parts, And now broad fpreading like an aged... | |
 | Great Britain - 1791 - 322 pages
...death, the author feemsto allude.to the difcouragements juft mentioned, in the; following ftanza: " O grief of griefs, O gall of all good hearts ! ' "• To fee that virtue fhould defpifed be, " Of. fuch as fipft were raifed for virtue's parts, " And now broad-fpreading,.... | |
 | Luís de Camões - Explorers - 1791 - 526 pages
...eomplaints of Spenfer will fhew that negleft of genius, however, was not eonfined to the eourt of jLifbon. O grief of griefs ; O gall of all good hearts ! To fee that virtue lhould defpifed be Of fueh as firft were raifed for virtue's parts, And now broad fpreading... | |
 | Luís de Camões - 1798 - 458 pages
...complaints of Spenfer will fhew that neglect of genius, however, was not confined to the court of Lifbon. O grief of griefs; O gall of all good hearts ! To fee that Virtue fhould defpifed be Of fiich as firft were raifed for Virtue.s partSi And now broad fprcading... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 578 pages
...indignities; Who whilome was alive the wifeft wight. 445 But now his wifedome is difprooved quite ; For he, that now welds all things at his will, Scorns th' one and th' other in his deeper fkill. *' O griefc of griefes ! O gall of all good heartes ! To fee that vertue mould difpifed bee... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 440 pages
...But what can we fay of the lines in the Ruines of Time, which evidently point at JBurleigh ? •.* " For he, that now welds all things at his will, • "- Scorns th' one and th' other in his deeper fkill. " O grjefe of griefes ! O gall of all good heartes ! " To fee that vertue fhould defpifed bee... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 768 pages
...the year 1.591, Spenser thus severely characterises the lord Treasurer : — For he that now wields all things at his will, Scorns th' one, and th' other in his deeper skill ; O griefe of griefes ! O gall of all good hearts ! Of him that first was raisdr. for vertuuus purtes,... | |
 | John Watkins - Authors, English - 1808 - 568 pages
...the year 1591, Spenser thus severely characterises the lord Treasurer :— . For be that now wields all things at his will, Scorns th' one, and th' other in his deeper skill j O griefe of griefes ! O gall of all good hearts ! Of him that first was raisde. for virtuous purtes,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 600 pages
...great indignities ; Who whilotne was alive the wisest wight. But now his wisedomc is disprooved quite ; For he, that now welds all things at his will, Scorns th' one and th' other in his deeper skill. «' O griefe of griefes ! O gall of all good heartes ! To see that vertue should dispised bee Of him, that... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Essays - 1813 - 338 pages
...**^1 i Spenser thus alludes to him in his poem called " The Ruins of Time." " For he, that now wields all things at his will, Scorns th' one and th' other...O grief of griefs ! O gall of all good hearts ! To see that Virtue should despised be Of him, that first was rais'd for virtuous parts, And now, broad... | |
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one and th ' other in his deeper skill. O griefe of griefes! O gall of all good hearts! To see that vertue should dispised bee Of him that first was raisde for vertuous parts, And now, broad spreading like an aged tree, Lets none shoot up, that nigh... 
