 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 fear...  Tragedies. Poems - Page 206by William Shakespeare - 1867Full view - About this book
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dunham Deshler - 1847 - 736 pages
...vented his vexation and disappointment in those oft-quoted lines : — " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to...with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, )et want her peer's ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with... | |
 | Edmund Spenser, Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1847 - 262 pages
...vented his vexation and disappointment in those oft-quoted lines : — " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to...with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, jet want her peer's; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with... | |
 | George Henry Lewes - Authors - 1847 - 368 pages
...dignity is not an accident, but a quality. CHAPTER II. FRIEZ POUR LUI. Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide;...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,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...(See RURAL SCENES.) COURAGE.— (See BRAVERY.) COURTIER — PARASITE. Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide...feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; — To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone ; — Unhappy wight,... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847 - 524 pages
...was painted. " Full little knowest thou that hast not trytl, What hell it is in suing long to byde; To lose good days that might be better spent ; To...and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peers'; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with earea... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put bju'k to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and...have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy aoul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despaire; To fawn, to crouch,... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer, Charles Dunham Deshler - 1848 - 564 pages
...vented his vexation and disappointment in those oft-quoted lines : — " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to...to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pme with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, )et want her peer's; To have thy asking, yet... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - 1849 - 608 pages
...heart's blood of the poet — that we cannot forbear quoting it here : — " Full.little knowest thou who hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide...asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart in comfortless despairs ; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw - English literature - 1849 - 478 pages
...heart's blood of the poet — that we cannot forbear quoting it here : — " Full little knowest thou who hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To hate thy prince's grace, yet want her peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years / To fret thy... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...life:— Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To 1 1 ir Chambers h« peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares... | |
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