 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...  A History of English Poetry - Seite 285von William John Courthope - 1904Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1809 - 696 Seiten
...honours, we would address ourselves in the language of the experienced Spenser. Full little knowcst thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is, in suing long to bide ; To loose good days, thai might bo better spent, Ti> waste Ion-; night* in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, 10... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1809 - 442 Seiten
...Devereux, "you would do better to sit or lie still all your life, than toil for such vain objects. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, " What Hell it is in sueing long to bide. " Your lordship may remember Spencer's description of that Hell?" " Not exactly,"... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 418 Seiten
...reproachful smile, he turned upon me, and, in a kind of 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... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 406 Seiten
...reproachful smile, he turned upon me, and, in a kind of 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... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 414 Seiten
...smile, . he turned upon me, and, in a kind of rapture, repeated the following lines of SPENSER : " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bid? : , To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 Seiten
...vividly depicted the misfortune of depending on 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... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 Seiten
...vividly depicted the misfortune of depending on 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... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1820 - 336 Seiten
...Mother Hubberd's fait was 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... | |
 | 1822 - 590 Seiten
...these remarkable lines, where the misery of dependence on court-favour is painted in fine colours : — 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,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 294 Seiten
...obvious from the pointedness of the language which be uses:— " Most miserable man, whom wicked Fate Hath brought to Court, to sue for had-ywist, That few have found, and manie one hath mist! Fall little knowest thon, that hast not tride, What bell it is, in suing long to bide : To lose good... | |
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