 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...  Bentley's Miscellany - Pagina 85geredigeerd door - 1839Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1841 - 502 pagina’s
...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 his... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 300 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 770 pagina’s
...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 have thy Prince's grace, yet want her Peers'; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy... | |
 | Edward George Harman - 1923 - 322 pagina’s
...is in suing long to bide : 1 See my " Spenser " volume, chap. VI. and p. 407. To loose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights...put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with f eare and sorrow ; To have thy Princes grace, yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking, yet wait manie... | |
 | Hugh Walker - 1925 - 348 pagina’s
...be feared, with Spenser's tears: — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days that might...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 have thy... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 1154 pagina’s
...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 might...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,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1902 - 424 pagina’s
...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 - 2005 - 377 pagina’s
...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...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 - 442 pagina’s
...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 - 426 pagina’s
...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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