 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...  The Promus of Formularies and Elegancies - Page 298by Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, Mrs. Henry Pott - 1883 - 628 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1828 - 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...hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point hy point, Therehy to see the minutes how they run ; How many make the hour fall complete, How many... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 478 pages
...like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, to " O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better...by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run ; How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 488 pages
...ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, to " O God! nu;tliinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely...by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run; How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish... | |
 | William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...in this world, but цпсГ and wo ? * О God ! m< thinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no belter than a homely swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to sec the minutes how they run: * How many moke the hour full complete, * How many hours brin;,' about... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...a stale at chess, where it is no mate, but yet the game cannot stir. — Lord Bacon. DCXIX. — — Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many make... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...stay; like a stale at chess, where it is no mate, but yet the game cannot stir.—Lord Bacon. DCXIX. Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a bill, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 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...by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish... | |
 | William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 540 pages
...so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life,'I ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon...quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes how theyrun : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about the day, * How many... | |
 | 1831 - 232 pages
...thence. '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...by point. Thereby to see the minutes, how they run ; How many make the hour full complete. How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and wo ? 0 God ! methinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no better...carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to sec the minutes how they run: * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about... | |
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