 | 1825 - 364 pages
...pregnant brevity of expression, which has made 'the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride 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 j To speed to day, to... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 370 pages
...little knowest thou that hast not tride 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 and sorrow ; To have thy princes... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1820 - 336 pages
...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 day, to be... | |
 | William Tudor - American essays - 1821 - 172 pages
...to say at last, that to write, in the words of Spencer on a different subject, is To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent. The most important and lasting benefit of the Anthology, will be that noble institution the Boston... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 356 pages
...man, whom wicked Fate Hath brought to Court, to sue for tiud-i/u isl , That few have found, and manie one hath mist ! Full little knowest thou, that hast...To lose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To wast long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 294 pages
...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 dayes, that might be better spent; To wast long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be pat back to-morrow ; To feed on hope,... | |
 | United States - 1822 - 590 pages
...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, to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Culture in literature - 1824 - 538 pages
...poet's querulous verses must not be forgotten — " Full little knowest thou, that hast not try'd " What Hell it is, in suing long to bide." To lose good days — to waste long nights — and as he feelingly exclaims, " To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 830 pages
...poet Spencer, would not appear an exaggeration : — " 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... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...pregnant brevity of expression, which has made the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride 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... | |
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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... 
