 Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at...  A Book of English Sonnets - Page 91906 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 728 pages
...most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, — and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day...brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings. XXX. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1857 - 336 pages
...most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee ; and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day...sweet love remember'd, such wealth brings, That then 1 scorn to change my state with kings. xxx. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up... | |
 | Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts, myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee. And then my state (Like to the lark at break of day...sings hymns at heaven's gate ; For thy sweet love, rcmember'd, such wealth brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings." I make no apology... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1858 - 342 pages
...volume of poems ; they were Shakspeare's ; I read : — " When to the sessions of sweet silent thought, I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing 1 sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste." " My dear time's waste," I repeated aloud... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1859 - 130 pages
...most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, — and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day...brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings. XXXIX. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1859 - 494 pages
...most enjoy contented least : Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, — and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day...sings hymns at heaven's gate : For thy sweet love rememberM, such wealth brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings." " My love is strengthen'd,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1862 - 556 pages
...Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I...sings hymns at heaven's gate ; For thy sweet love remembered, such wealth brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings." In this fine sonnet... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...most enjoy contented least, Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising ; Haply I think on thee, — and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day...brings, That then I scorn to change my state with kings. SHAKESPEARE. O'BRIEN OF ARRA.1 (AIR " THE PIPER OF BMSSSINGTON.") TALL are the towers of O'Kennedy,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1860 - 834 pages
...most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, — at I do not yet, and ever did, And ever will, —...do much ; And his unkindncss may defeat my life, XXX. When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the... | |
 | Charles Knight - Dramatists, English - 1860 - 576 pages
...most enjoy contented least ; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, — and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day...sweet love remember'd such wealth brings, That then I acorn to change my state with kings." Sonnets of Shakspere were in existence in 1598, when Meres tells... | |
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