 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 Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 180edited by - 1806Full view - About this book
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...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 be better spent ; To...pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-raorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret the soul with crosses and with... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1839 - 746 pages
...sighing long to bide, To pass long days that might be better [spent, To waste long nights in hopeless discontent; To speed to-day to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine in fear and [sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with [cares, To eat thy heart with comfortlessdespairs;... | |
 | Charles Mackay - England, Southern - 1840 - 426 pages
...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 be better spent ; To...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 despairs ; To fawn,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1923 - 740 pages
...hath miss'dl Full little knowcst 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...and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers'; To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat... | |
 | Edward George Harman - Authors, English - 1923 - 322 pages
...is in suing long to bide : 1 See my " Spenser " volume, chap. VI. and p. 407. To loose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights...put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with f eare and sorrow ; To have thy Princes grace, yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking, yet wait manie... | |
 | Hugh Walker - Satire, English - 1925 - 348 pages
...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 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 have thy... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 pages
...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 be better spent, ^ To...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 fawn,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 424 pages
...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, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her... | |
 | 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 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. Unhappy... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 442 pages
...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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