 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 - 1773 - 520 pages
...grief and woe ? O God ! s methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain j To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee tlie minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the... | |
 | Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - Didactic drama, English - 1775 - 626 pages
...grief and woe t O God ! methinks it were a happier life, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point ; Thereby to mark the minutes as they run, How many make the hour" ful] compleat. How many hours bring about the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1778 - 588 pages
...the king, and • The quarto 1600 reads— cruel jars, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1785 - 594 pages
...grief and woe ? OGodl 8 methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the... | |
 | Andrew Becket - 1787 - 494 pages
...Venicey A. 2, S. 2. O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely fwain ; To fit upon a hill, as I do now, .To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to fee the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 476 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 : 483 How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will... | |
 | Sweden - 1954 - 184 pages
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 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 646 pages
...and woe ? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life9, ' To be no better than a homely fwain ; * To fit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to fee the minutes how they run : * How many make the hour full complete", * How many hours bring about... | |
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