 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 Quarterly Review - Pagina 73a cura di - 1815Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Charles Mackay - 1840 - 426 pagine
...! Too well he knew, as Spenser so feelingly sings in his Mother Hubbard's Tale, " What hell it was in suing, long to bide, To lose good days, that might...put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret the soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat the heart through comfortless... | |
 | Woman - 1840 - 806 pagine
...What hell it is, in suing long to bide : To loose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To wast long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day,...put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow ; * ' * • * To fret thy soule with crosses and with cares; To eate thy heart through... | |
 | Frederick Guest Tomlins - 1841 - 66 pagine
...Art and Literature," 1839, 8vo., price 1«. Mitchell. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good...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 thy heart through comfortless... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 pagine
...attitude to insufferable dependence of this sort is pity. Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good...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 thy heart through comfortless... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 424 pagine
...many a one hath miss'd ! 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 spent ; To matte long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrom ; To feed on hope,... | |
 | Charles William Heckethorn - 2005 - 377 pagine
...discovered. The two, dogs were shot under the gallows. But even the honest Alchymists were doomed — " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To eat their hearts through comfortless... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 442 pagine
...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 spent, To waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 426 pagine
...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 spent, To waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and... | |
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