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 New Jersey Magazine - Page 111867Full view - About this book
| Methodist Church - 1847 - 662 pages
...Tale :" — " Full little knowest thou that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to byde ; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To...to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peers' ; To have the asking, yet wait many years ; To fret... | |
| 1841 - 502 pages
...old age seizes hold of him, and death pushes him into the grave. Spenser has written his epitaph. " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To spend to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret his... | |
| Hugh Walker - Satire, English - 1925 - 348 pages
...be feared, with Spenser's tears: — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days that might...spent: To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To spend to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 pages
...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 days that might...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 despairs ; To... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 424 pages
...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 - History - 2005 - 377 pages
...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...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 despairs.... | |
| María Edgeworth - 2006 - 426 pages
...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 - 442 pages
...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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