 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Samuel Johnson, Nicholas Rowe - Drama - 1798
...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 quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1800
...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 quaintly, point by point, " Thereby... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson, Richard Farmer, Edward Harding - Drama - 1800
...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 quaintly, point by point, " Thereby... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - Drama - 1803
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : ' 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 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Nicholas Rowe, Samuel Johnson - 1804
...' 'Would I were dead! if God's good will were so: ' 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 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:... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1805
...were so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God! methinks it were a happy life,2 * 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805
...were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks it were a happy life,2 ' 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:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Henry John Todd - 1805
...fellowship seem'd far unfit for warlike I'^^tn. Sfenser. a. A country servant employed in husbandry. It were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. Stall f. j. A pastoral youth. Blest tviaini! whose nymphs in ev'ry grace Blest nymphs ! whose ttutiiu... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Manley Wood - Drama - 1806
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * i4O 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... | |
 | Literary Criticism - 1806 - 380 pages
...lib'ral eye doth give to ev'ry one, Thnwing cold fear. The HAPPINESS of a SHEPHERD'S LIFE. (SHAKESPEARE.) 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... | |
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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... 
