 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 Monthly Christian spectator - Page 5731851Full view - About this book
 | 1815 - 560 pages
...of terseness, which Pope has never excelled. Full liftle knowest thou that hast not spied What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that...many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat ihy heart thro' comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run ;... | |
 | Walter Scott - Demonology - 1838 - 1198 pages
...knpwesl thon, that bast not tried. What hell it is, in suing long to bide : To lose good days, tli >i might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince>s' grace, yet want KIT peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many yearn; To frett thy sonl with... | |
 | John Sheppard - Prayer - 1838 - 368 pages
...Troy," or been induced, through successive years, as another of their number has mournfully recorded, " To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ?" And, shall a suitor to the court of heaven, believing the incomparable grandeur, and sure attainableness... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 pages
...insufferable dependence of this sort is pity. Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good days that...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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 424 pages
...many a one hath miss'd ! 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 matte long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrom ; To feed on hope,... | |
 | Charles William Heckethorn - History - 2005 - 377 pages
...discovered. The two, dogs were shot under the gallows. But even the honest Alchymists were doomed — " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To eat their hearts through comfortless despairs. Unhappy... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 426 pages
...ten lines without 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 waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and... | |
 | María Edgeworth - 2006 - 442 pages
...ten lines without 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 waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and... | |
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