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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 Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ... - Page 209
by William Oldys - 1740
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Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance: by the ...

Richard Hurd - 1776 - 282 pages
...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, Volume 2

Luís de Camões - 1791 - 526 pages
...bide ; To lofe good days, that might be better fpent, To wafte long nights in penfive difeontent ; To 'fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed...on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; To have thy princefs' grace, yet want her peers; To have thy afldng, yet wait many years; To fret thy foul with...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

1791 - 322 pages
...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 thy afking, yet wait many yesrs, " To fret thy foul with croffes, and with care, " To eat thy heart, through...
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The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India. An Epic Poem, Volume 2

Luís de Camões - 1791 - 526 pages
...might be better fpent, To wafte long nights in penfive difeontent ; To fpeed to-day, to be put haek to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; To have thy prineefs' graee, yet want her peers; To have thy afking, yet wait many years; To fret thy foul with...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 51

1789 - 682 pages
...bide ; To lofe good days, that might be better fpent ; To walic long nights in pen live difcontcnt; To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and for> row ; To have the Princefs1 grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy aflcing, yet wait many years;...
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The Lusiad: Or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the ...

Luís de Camões - 1798 - 458 pages
...fuing long to bide ; To loft; 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 pine whh fear and forrow ; To have thy princefs. grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy aiking, yet wait...
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A New History of Great Britain: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the ...

John Adams - 1803 - 486 pages
...Burleigh. • Full little doll thou know that hail not tried, What hell it is in filing long to bide ; To fpeed to-day ; to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with care and forrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peer's ; To gain thy afking, yet want many...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1

Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 442 pages
...: v ^ . . ^ -. " To lofe good dayes, that might be better fpent ; u To waft long nights in penfive difcontent ; " To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; " To feed on hope, to pine with feare aiid forrow ; • , , , , " To have thy Princes grace, yet Kant lier Peeres; " To have thy a(king,...
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The Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 1

Edmund Spenser - 1805 - 440 pages
...lofe good dayes, that might be better fpent ; " To waft long nights in penfive difcontent ; • rt To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; " To feed on hope, to pine with feare and fbrraw ; " To have thy Princes grace, yet want her Peeres;, " To have thy afking, yet waite...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 5

Charles Brockden Brown - 1806 - 498 pages
...To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peere's ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years;...
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