 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...  Retrospective Review - Page 316edited by - 1826Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1767 - 420 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fOj 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 - 1768 - 426 pages
...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 1 do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee the minutes how they run: How many makes the hour full complete, 'How many hours bring about the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1769 - 368 pages
...thence. Would 1 were dead, if God's good will were fot 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 twain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point. Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1771 - 372 pages
...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 lit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials queintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1771 - 328 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo. For what is in this world but grief %nd 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 - 1771 - 374 pages
...• Would I were dead, if God's good-will were fo : For what is in this world but grief and woe I * 0 God ! methinks it were a happy life ' To be no better .than a homely fwain ; ' To Fit upon a -bill, as I do now., ' To carve out dials queintly, point by point, * Thereby... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 424 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were fo ; For what is in this world but grief and woe i 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 520 pages
...I were dead ! }f God's good will were fo: For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! s methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain j To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - Didactic drama, English - 1775 - 626 pages
...God ! methinks it were a happier life, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point ; Thereby to mark the minutes as they run, How many make the hour" ful] compleat. How many hours bring about the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 588 pages
...The quarto 1600 reads— cruel jars, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the... | |
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