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" 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 today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear... "
The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the English Poets ... - Page 198
by Giles Jacob - 1723 - 360 pages
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The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the ..., Volume 2

Giles Jacob - Dramatists, English - 1720 - 418 pages
...äße long Nights in fenßve Difcontent j TJ fpeed To-day, to be put back To-morrorv, To feed on H»pet to pine with Fear and Sorrow \ To have thy Prince's Grace, yet want her Peers } To have thy asking, yet wait many Tears : Та fret thy Soul with CroJJts and with Caret, To eat...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ...

William Oldys - English drama - 1740 - 326 pages
...fuing long to bide v To lofe good days that might be better fpent, To waite long nights in pepfive difcontent. To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ;,...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 1

Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 366 pages
...good days, that nights be better fpent, To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent ; To fpeed to day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers, To have thy asking, yet wart many years. To...
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 10

New and general biographical dictionary - 1762 - 544 pages
...good days that might be better fpenr, " To waft long nights in penfive difcontent ; " To fpeed to day, to be put back to-morrow, " To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; " To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers, " To have thy afking, yet wait many years...
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A View of the State of Ireland as it was in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ...

Edmund Spenser - Ireland - 1763 - 310 pages
...To lofe good days, that might be better [pent, To wafte long Nights in penfive Difcontent $ lofpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on Hope, to pine with Fear and Sorrow ; To To have thy Prince's Grace ; yet want her Peers / . To have thy asking, yel wait many Tears : fo fret...
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Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several ..., Volume 2

Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765 - 278 pages
...haft not tried, What hell it is in fuing long to bide: To lofe good Jays, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent: . To fpeed...to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres[«]; To have thy afkirigs, yet wait many yeers...
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Preface on the manner of writing dialogue. Dialogue 1. On sincerity in the ...

Richard Hurd - Chivalry in literature - 1771 - 284 pages
...fuing Ipng to bide : ". . V . • ' •••,.,..» «r To lofe good days, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent: To fpeed...to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres[a]; To have thyafkings, yet wait many yeersfo;]...
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Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance: by the ...

Richard Hurd - Ethics - 1776 - 282 pages
...tried, What hell it is in fuing long tp bide : : ~. To Tolofe good days, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent : To fpeed...to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pjne with fear and forrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres [a] ; To have thy a/kings,...
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The Lusiad, Or, The Discovery of India: An Epic Poem

Luís de Camões - Explorers - 1776 - 674 pages
...bide j To lofe good day«, that might be better fpent, To wafte long nights in peniive dilcontent ; To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and farrow ; To have thy Pi inccfs' grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy afking, yet wait many years...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Great Britain - 1791 - 322 pages
...not try'd, " What hell it is in fuing long to bide, To lofe good days, that might be better fpent, To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent ; To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed in ho-pe, to pine with fear and forrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers, •" To have...
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