 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 830 pages
...squandered — the admirable description of the poet Spencer, would not appear an exaggeration : — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What...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 fret thy soul... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1824 - 412 pages
...lines without yawning ! ' Full little knowest thou that hast not tried,. What Hell it is in sueing long to bide; To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensiv* discontent, To speed to -clay, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear... | |
 | John Aikin, Lucy Aikin - Critics - 1824 - 500 pages
...Hubbard's Tale :" Full little knowest thou that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to bjde ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensi?e discontent ; Tospeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To fee.! on hope.-, to pine with fear... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Culture in literature - 1824 - 538 pages
...poet's querulous verses must not be forgotten — " Full little knowest thou, that hast not try'd " What Hell it is, in suing long to bide." To lose good days — to waste long nights — and as he feelingly exclaims, " To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1822 - 452 pages
...one, by whom he sees that he is over estimated. I read the following ten lines without yawning ! " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is iu sueing long to bide. To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - Labor - 1825 - 208 pages
...illustration I can give of my feelings, will be by a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What...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." While I... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...of my feelings, will be by a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing...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." While I... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Authors, English - 1825 - 328 pages
...upon us. How many years it was to consume in litigation, in the most provoking of all attendances. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What...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... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide : To lose...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 princes... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 368 pages
...the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide : To lose...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 princes... | |
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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 to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope ; to pine with... 
