 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 Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare - Page 424by William Shakespeare - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1842 - 628 pages
...will were so ; For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon...how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 644 pages
...God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as 1 do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point,...how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1842 - 462 pages
...grief and woe ? " O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, " To be no better than a homely swain , " To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, " Thereby...they run : " How many make the hour full complete, " How many hours bring about the day, " How many days will finish up the year, " How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 494 pages
...will were so ; For what is in this world but grief and woe? 0 God ! methinks , it were a happy life , To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon...how they run : How many make the hour full complete , How many hours bring about the day , How many days will finish up the year , How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 370 pages
...* 0 God ! methinks, it were a happy life2, 1 To be no better than a homely swain; * To sit upon as hill, as I do now, • To carve out dials quaintly,...run: ••• How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, * How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 672 pages
...For what is in this world hut grief and woe ? O God ! methinks it were a happy life To he no hetter than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point hy point, Therehy to see the minutes how they run : How many make the hour full complete, How many... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 556 pages
...thoughts the Poet has attributed to him : — "Kingdoms are but cares ; State is devoid of stay ; ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon...they run ; * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about the day, * How many days will finish up the year, * How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1844 - 590 pages
...King Henry, of that name the Sixth : — " Ah, me ! methinks it is a quiet life To sit upon a bench, as I do now ; To carve out dials quaintly, point by...they run — How many make the hour full complete — How many hours bring about the day — How many days will finish up the year — How many years... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...О God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, a« 7 How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English literature - 1844 - 624 pages
...Henry, of that name the Sixth : — " Ah, me ! methinks it is a quiet life To sit upon a bench, as 1 do now ; To carve out dials quaintly, point by point,...they run — How many make the hour full complete — How many hours bring about the day — How many days will finish up the year — How many years... | |
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