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" 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 about... "
The Works of William Shakspeare: The Text Formed from an Intirely New ... - Page 270
by William Shakespeare - 1842
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Henry V

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 428 pages
...neither conqueror, nor conquered : So is the equal poise of this fell war. Here on this molehill will 1 sit me down. To whom God will, there be the victory...weeks ere the poor fools will yean ; So many years ere 1 shall shear the fleece : So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over to the end...
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King Henry VI., part III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 pages
...must I tend my flock ; * So many hours must I take my rest ; * So many hours must I c6ntcmplatc ; * So many hours must I sport myself; * So many days...poor fools will yean ; * So many years ere I shall sheer the fleece : * So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years. * Pass'd over to the end they...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 386 pages
...hours must I tend my flock ; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I c6ntemplate ; So many hours must I sport myself ; So many days my...poor fools will yean ; * So many years ere I shall sheer the fleece : So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Past over to the end they were...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...this is known, then to divide the times: So many hours must I tend my flock ; So many hours must 1 take my rest ; So many hours must I contemplate ;...many weeks ere the poor fools will yean ; So many months ere I shall sheer the fleece ; So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...Queen and Clifford too Have chid me from the battle, swearing both They prosper best of all whence I am thence. Would I were dead, if God's good will...So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean, So many months ere I shall shear the fleece: So many minutes, hours, weeks, months, and years Past over, to...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - Drama - 1818 - 552 pages
...Queen and Clifford too Have chid me from the battle, swearing both They prosper best of all whence lam thence..,. , .., ,. Would I were dead, if God's good...So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean, So many months ere I shall shear the fleece : So many minutes, hours, weeks, months, and years Past over, to...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...uo better than a homely swain, To sit upon a hill as 1 do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point hy point. Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How...So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean, So many months ere I shall shear the fleece: So many minutes, hours, weeks, months, aud years Past over, to...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 328 pages
...times :^ \ .*•*." **'.'"• So many hours must I tend my flock, So many hours must 1 take my reat, So many hours must I contemplate, So many hours must...So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean, So many months ere I shall shear the fleece: So many minutes, hours, weeks, mouths, aud yean Past over, to...
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Table-talk: Or Original Essays

William Hazlitt - Authors and publishers - 1821 - 420 pages
...The division of the map of life into its component parts is beautifully made by King Henry VI. " Oh God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better...So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean, So many months ere I shall shear the fleece : So many minutes, hours, weeks, months, and years Past over to...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 18

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 648 pages
...MINUTES how they run : How many make the HOUR FULL COMPLETE,] So, in our author's Rape of Lucrece : * How many years a mortal man may live. * When this...poor fools will yean ' ; * So many years ere I shall sheer the fleece 2 : * So minutes, hours, days, weeks 3, months and years, * Pass'd over to the end...
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