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... The Patrician - Page 304edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
| Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 336 pages
..." Full little liuowcst 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 j To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow j . J To... | |
| Walter Scott - 1819 - 420 pages
...! Full little knowest tbou, 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...yet want her Peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares — To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs.... | |
| John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...mist; Full little knowest thou that hast not tride, What hell it is, in suing long to bide; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long...grace, yet want her peers; To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs;... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...What hell it is, in suing long to bide; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste lone nights in pensive discontent. To speed to-day, to...grace, yet want her peers; To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs;... | |
| John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 566 pages
...dilatory ; vet much and many of them, the sensitive pan of his nature made him undergo : " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long...discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, t To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers' ;... | |
| John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 564 pages
...dilatory ; yet 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 speed to-day, to be pnt back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet... | |
| John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 578 pages
...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 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 - History - 1830 - 572 pages
...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 - Chemistry - 1830 - 678 pages
...might lie better uncut, To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To n]iccd to-<lay, to he put hack to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To cat their hearts through comfortless despairs : l-uhappy... | |
| William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 682 pages
...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... | |
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