 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed - Drama - 1807
...thence. 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 : How... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough, Nicholas Rowe - History - 1807
...dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? 0 God ! melhinks 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... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1807
...the crowded haunts of men, I could not forbear thinking, that here, at least, as Shakespeare says, it were.... • A happy life, To be no better than a homely swain, To sit upon a hill ai we do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to tee the minutes how they run... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie - Drama - 1807
...were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God! methinks, it were & happy life, 9 ' 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, Gerhard Fleischer - Drama - 1808
...' For what is in this world, but 'grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks , it were a happy life, ' T« be no better than a homely swain,; * To sit upon a hill , as t do now, * To carve out dials quaintly , point Ly point, * Thereby to see the minutes how th*y run... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Henry Fuseli - 1811
...'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 - Drama - 1811
...were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! me thinks, it were a happy life,9 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814
...thence. 'Would I were dead! if God's good will were s01 For what is in this world, but grief and woe? : God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hilI, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point. Thereby to see the minutes how they... | |
| Elegant extracts - Poetry - 1816
...the morning's war. When dying clouds contend with growing light ; The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life. 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 now they run : How... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 352 pages
...thence. 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: 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... 
