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" God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours bring... "
William Shakspeare's Complete Works, Dramatic and Poetic - Page 66
by William Shakespeare - 1852
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King Henry VI, part 3. King Richard III

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe i O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : 483 How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 384 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes how they run : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 568 pages
...'Would I were dead! if God's good will were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe? * O God! methinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes how they run: * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 462 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * i4O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes how they run : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...lib'ral eye doth give to ev'ry one, Thnwing cold fear. The HAPPINESS of a SHEPHERD'S LIFE. (SHAKESPEARE.) METHINKS, it were a happy life To be no better than...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 3

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 368 pages
...thence. Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the...
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King Henry VI., part III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe : * O God ! methinks it were a happy life,* ' To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes how they run : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...morning's war. When dying clouds contend with growing light ; The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life. O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes now they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will were so. For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God! methinks it were a happy life To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they .run: How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 338 pages
...Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? Alas ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the...
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