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... The Palais Royal: An Historical Romance - Seite 150von John Henry Mancur - 1845 - 252 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1847 - 662 Seiten
...Tale :" — " Full little knowest thou that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to byde ; 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... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 300 Seiten
...disappointed ambition may every word of it be applied to a heart that places its love beyond its sphere— " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent; t To speed to-day, to be put back tc-morrow, To feed on hope, to p:ne in fear and sorrow, To fret thy... | |
| 1841 - 502 Seiten
...old age seizes hold of him, and death pushes him into the grave. Spenser has written his epitaph. " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To spend to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret... | |
| Walter Scott - 1845 - 770 Seiten
...hath miss'd! Full little knowcst tliou, that hast not tried, What bell it is, in sucing long to lüde: B H 5 Ś B H 5y ( J To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy... | |
| 1843 - 862 Seiten
...wist That few have found, and many more have miss'd ; Full little knowest tliou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good...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... | |
| 1843 - 512 Seiten
...proving the description of Spenser to be no exaggeration : " Full little knowest thou that has not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide ; — To lose...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 fret the... | |
| The Dublin University Magazine.VOL.XXII July to December,1843 - 1843 - 770 Seiten
...sue for had y wist, That few have found, and mannie one hath mist ! Full 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 in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to... | |
| Lemuel Sawyer - 1844 - 160 Seiten
...sunshine, dreading the clouded brow. < Ah ! little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is iii suing long to bide, To lose good days that might be...spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent,' &c., &c. " Spencer has well described the secrets of this life, and technically it is called ploughing... | |
| 1844 - 598 Seiten
...servant to brood in silence over his ruined hopes. CHAPTER XXII. " Full hide knowest thou that has not tride, What hell it is in suing long to bide : To lose good days that might be hetter spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent." SPENSER. The Coadjutor's regiment of horse,... | |
| 1865 - 820 Seiten
...description of Detraction is given. Thus, too, the poet sums up the uneasiness and unhappiness of his life: "To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, and to be put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have... | |
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