 To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone.  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 831839Full view - About this book
 | Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1823 - 548 pages
...To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch,...to run ; To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." Having thus given vent to the bitterness of his soul, the poet hastened back to earn in obscurity his... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 452 pages
...feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy sold with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs, To fawn, to crouch,...to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." " Very strong, indeed," said I, with a competent air, as if used to judge of poetry. " And it comes... | |
 | Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1825 - 434 pages
...have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares — To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs. To fawn, to crouch,...to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone. Hotter HvMenti Tale. ON the morning of the day on which George Heriot had prepared to escort the young... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 pages
...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,...to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." " Very strong, indeed," said I, with a competent lir, as if used to judge of poetry. " And it comes... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...To have thy asking, yet wait many yeers ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch,...to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." The two adventurers, after leaving court, are tempted to avail themselves of the opportunity presented... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 pages
...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,...to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." " Very strong, indeed," said I, with a competent air, as if used to judge of poetry. " And it comes... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...To have thy asking, yet wait many yeers ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To«at thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch,...to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." The two adventurers, after leaving court, are tempted to avail themselves of the opportunity presented... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1826 - 412 pages
...To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch,...to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." MOTHER HtlBBIiRT's TAI.F. DEDICATIONS. The ancients dedicated their works to those friends at whose... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 334 pages
...asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart thro' comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch, to wait,...to run ; To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." MOTHER HUBBARD'S TALE. These lines exasperated still more the inelegant, the illiberal, Burleigh. So... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 338 pages
...asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares 5 To eat thy heart thro' comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch, to wait,...to run ; To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." MOTHER HUBBARD'S TALE. These lines exasperated still more the in. elegant, the illiberal, Burleigh.... | |
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