| Walter Scott - 1822 - 378 pages
...to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy Prince's grace, yet want her Peers', 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,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1824 - 830 pages
...not appear an exaggeration : — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet wantherpeers; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To fret thy soul with crosses... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 452 pages
...ten lines without yawning ! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is iu sueing long to bide. To lose good days, that might be better...To 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,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 412 pages
...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 pensiv* discontent, To speed to -clay, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear... | |
| John Aikin, Lucy Aikin - 1824 - 500 pages
...Hubbard's Tale :" Full little knowest thou that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to bjde ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensi?e discontent ; Tospeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To fee.! on hope.-, to pine with fear... | |
| Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might...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." While I... | |
| Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might...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." While I... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 pages
...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...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,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 pages
...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...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To cat thy heart through comfortless despairs, To fawn,... | |
| 1825 - 368 pages
...the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide : To lose good days that might...waste long nights in pensive discontent} To speed to day, to be put back to morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To have thy princes... | |
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