 | William Shakespeare, Nicholas Rowe - 1709
...Would Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo: For what is in this World, but Grief and Woe? Oh God! methinks it were a happy Life, To be no better than a homely Swain, To fit upon « Hill, as I do now, To carve eut Dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee the Minutes... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Charles Gildon, Louis Du Guernier, Nicholas Rowe - 1714
...dead, it" God's good WiH were fo: For what is in this World, but Grief and Woe ? Oh God! njethinks it were a happy Life, To be no better than a homely Swain, To lit upon a Hill, as I do now, To carve out Dials queintly, Point by Point, • ,, Thereby to fee the... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) - 1733
...Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo :, For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God L methinks, it were a happy life To be no better than -a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by pointy Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Gerard Van der Gucht - Drama - 1740
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo : For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point. Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Sir Thomas Hanmer, Alexander Pope, Nicholas Rowe - 1745
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo ! For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain, To fit upon a hill, as I do nowj To carve out dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1747
...dead, if God's good will were fo ! For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! mi-thinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain, To fit upon a hill, as I do now, •To carve out dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Mr. Theobald (Lewis) - Drama - 1752
...were dead, if God's good will were fo : For what is in this world but grief and woe ? OGod! mt-thinks, it were a happy life To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out Dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1765
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo, For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks it were a happy life * To be no better than a homely fwain, To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson - 1765
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo, For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God! methinks it were a happy life * To be no better than a homely fwain, To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
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God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring... 
