 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...  Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth - Page 277by Lucy Aikin - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 pages
...refer to his own disappointments. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, ill suing long to bide : To lose good days, that might...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princess" grace, yet want her peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To frett thy soul... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 274 pages
...description is in his ' Mother Hubbard's Tale :' — Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide; To lose good...sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her Peer's ; II. 2 M V <> ftfirt' thy ashing, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with... | |
 | Alexander Alexander - Fort Nashwaak (N.B.) - 1836 - 294 pages
...Hubbard's Tale, which pithily describe my feelings : Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What Hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good...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. When, to... | |
 | Henry Burgess (of Luton) - 1836 - 446 pages
...hearers. Speaking of the alchymists, Mr. Phillips said that, in the language of Spencer, they were doomed "To lose good days that might be better spent,—...To feed on hope; to pine with fear and sorrow; To Tret their souls with crosses and with cares ; To eat their hearts through comfortless despairs. Unhappy... | |
 | Alexander Alexander - Fort Nashwaak (N.B.) - 1836 - 296 pages
...Hubbard's Tale, which pithily describe my feelings : Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What Hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days tbat might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1837 - 582 pages
...understood to refer to his own disappointment: — • Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princess' grace, yet want her peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To frett thy soul... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English literature - 1837 - 534 pages
...understood to refer to his own disappointment: — ' Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, W hat hell it is, in suing long to bide : To lose good days,...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princess' grace, yet want her peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To frett thy soul... | |
 | Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1837 - 326 pages
...passage of Spencer's, — " Full little knowest thou, who hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long, to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better...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,... | |
 | Frederick John Shore - Great Britain - 1837 - 562 pages
...thing is suitor's state. Full little know'st thou, thou that hast not tried What hell it is in sueing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better...To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed in hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy judge's grace, yet want his peers' •; To have... | |
 | J. H. Hippisley - English literature - 1837 - 370 pages
...Full little knowest thou that hast not tride, What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good days in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peere's * ; To have thy asking, yet wait... | |
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