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" 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 fear... "
Life of Torquato Tasso: With an Historical and Critical Account of His Writings - Page 61
by John Black - 1810
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Curiosities of Literature, Volume 1

Isaac Disraeli - Anecdotes - 1807 - 538 pages
...pension ; but the poet's querulous verse must not be forgotten — those which begin thus — " Fall little knowest thou, that hast not try'd " What Hell it is, in suing long to bide." To lose good days — to waste long nights — and as he feelingly exclaims, " To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride,...
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Moral and political dialogues

Richard Hurd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1811 - 406 pages
...rapture, repeated the following lines of SPENSER : " 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...
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The works of Richard Hurd, Volume 3

Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 418 pages
...rapture, repeated the following lines of SPENSER : " 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...
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General Biography: Or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most ..., Volume 9

John Aikin - Biography - 1814 - 662 pages
...has with somuchenergy described in the well-known lines of his " Mother Hubbard's Tale," beginning Full little knowest thou, that hast not try'd What hell it is in suing long to byde, &c. He was at length, however, rewarded for his patience by a grant from the crown, in 1586,...
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The American Law Journal, Volume 5

John Elihu Hall - Law - 1814 - 592 pages
...member of the national institute — but none of them contains • Ah! little knowest thou, who has* not try'd, What hell it is, in suing long to bide, To lose good days that might be better (pent, To pus long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...court-favours, in the following beautiful lines : ' 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...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...court-favours, in the follow-- ing beautiful lines : ' 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...
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Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, Volume 2

Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...and the sufferings of her unfortunate courtiers. M Ftill little knowest thou that hast not tried i 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...
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The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued as] The ...

1828 - 658 pages
...described in the well known linen of hit ' Mother Hubhard's Tale,' beginning, Full little knowest thon, that hast not try'd What hell it is in suing long to byde, &c. He was at length , however, rewarded for his patience, and through the good offices of his...
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Sir Ralph Willoughby, an historical tale, by the author of Coningsby [signed ...

sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1820 - 336 pages
...levelled. . •. . J .. • ;. .,.; .; . . • , ! Full little T. nownsi thou, that hast not tried,- •, What hell it is in suing long to bide; To lose good days, ihat might be better Spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to day, to be...
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