 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
 | Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 pages
...Speaking of the alchymists, Mr. Phillips said that, in the language of Spencer, they were doomed "To lose good days that might be better spent,— To waste...To feed on hope; to pine with fear and sorrow; To Tret their souls with crosses and with cares ; To eat their hearts through comfortless despairs. Unhappy... | |
 | Alexander Alexander - Fort Nashwaak (N.B.) - 1836 - 294 pages
...feelings : 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...feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; • To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart, through comfortless despairs. When, to... | |
 | Alexander Alexander - Fort Nashwaak (N.B.) - 1836 - 296 pages
...little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What Hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days tbat might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart, through comfortless despairs. When, to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pages
...• 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...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princess' grace, yet want her peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To frett thy soul... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1837 - 326 pages
..." Full little knowest thou, who hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long, to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To waste long...feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow • To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,... | |
 | Frederick John Shore - Great Britain - 1837 - 562 pages
...Full little know'st thou, thou 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...To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed in hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy judge's grace, yet want his peers' •; To have... | |
 | J. H. Hippisley - English literature - 1837 - 370 pages
...Full little knowest thou that hast not tride, What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good days in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peere's * ; To have thy asking, yet wait... | |
 | 1815 - 560 pages
...excelled. Full liftle knowest thou that hast not spied What hell it is in suing 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 ihy heart thro' comfortless despairs... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...knpwesl thon, that bast not tried. What hell it is, in suing long to bide : To lose good days, tli >i might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince>s' grace, yet want KIT peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many yearn; To frett thy sonl with... | |
 | John Sheppard - Prayer - 1838 - 368 pages
...been induced, through successive years, as another of their number has mournfully recorded, " To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ?" And, shall a suitor to the court of heaven, believing the incomparable grandeur, and sure attainableness... | |
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