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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 Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time of Dean Swift - Page 94
by Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - 1753
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The Parliamentary Debates, Volume 9

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 830 pages
...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 and sorrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet wantherpeers; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ; To...
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Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volume 7

Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 398 pages
...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 and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs,...
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Tales, and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volume 7

Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 392 pages
...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 and sorrow, To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares, To cat thy heart through comfortless despairs,...
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Narrative of the Condition of the Manufacturing Population: And the ...

Alexander Bailey Richmond - Labor - 1825 - 208 pages
...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 and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs."...
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Novels and Romances of the Author of Waverley, Volume 20

Walter Scott - Historical fiction, Scottish - 1825 - 434 pages
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Narrative of the condition of the manufacturing population; and the ...

Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...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 and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs."...
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Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative ..., Volume 3

Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 334 pages
...good days, that might be better spent j 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 and sorrow; To have thy princess' grace, yet want her peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years...
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Poetry and Poets: A Collection of the Choicest Anecdotes Relative ..., Volume 3

Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 336 pages
...good days, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent j To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow j . J To have thy princess" grace, yet want her peers' ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years...
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Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs ..., Volume 3

Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
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