 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...  The chemistry of creation - Page 6by Robert Ellis (F.L.S.) - 1850Full view - About this book
 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 678 pages
...might lie better uncut, To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To n]iccd to-<lay, to he put hack to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and...To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To cat their hearts through comfortless despairs : l-uhappy wights ! born to disastrous end, That do their... | |
 | John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 578 pages
...favour was so dilatory ; vet much and many of them, the sensitive part of his nature made him undergo: " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to in- put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace,... | |
 | John Paul Jones - History - 1830 - 572 pages
...was so dilatory ; vet much and many of them, the sensitive part of his nature made him undergo : " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To ipeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 682 pages
...and, in the emphatic language of Spenser, they were doomed " To lose good days that might ho butter spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to he put hack to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1831 - 476 pages
...thou that hast not tried, ' What Hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might he better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent, To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrowf ', To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1832 - 356 pages
...yawning ! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better spent, To...feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs, To fawn, to crouch,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1832 - 438 pages
...little knowest thou, that hast not tride, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights...put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peeres ; To have thy asking, yet waite... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1832 - 448 pages
...little knowest thou, that hast not tride, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights...put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peeres ; To have thy asking, yet waite... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1833 - 750 pages
...928 Full little knowest thou, that bast not tried, What hell it is, in hopeless toils to bide, — To lose good days that might be better spent; To waste...put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with care and sorrow ; To live in miVry, yet have many fears ; To lose thy seeking, yet seek many years;... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 846 pages
...hath miee' Full tittle knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is. In «lemg long to bide : Lord Henry Howard was one of the greatest flatterers and calumniator« that ever lived. your «peed to-day, to bft put buck to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and Borrow ; To have... | |
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