 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 complete works of Shakspere, with a memoir, and essay, by Barry Cornwall ... - Page 308by William Shakespeare - 1870Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1818 - 338 pages
...Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? Alas ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than...many weeks ere the poor fools will yean ; So many years ere I shall shear the fleece : So minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many years a mortal man may live. When mis is known, then to divide the times : So many hours...many weeks ere the poor fools will yean ; So many years ere I shall shear the fleece : Sommutes, hours,days,weeks, months, and years, JWd over to the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 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... | |
 | 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...many weeks ere the 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 648 pages
...mortal man may live. When this is known, then to divide the times : So many hours must I tend my flock j So many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours...many weeks ere the poor fools will yean ' ; So many years ere I shall sheer the fleece a : So minutes, hours, days, weeks 3, months and years, * Pass'd... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...When this is known, then to divide the times : So many hours must I tend my flock; So many ho ul's must I take my rest ; So many hours must I contemplate...many weeks ere the poor fools will yean ; So many years ere I shall sheer the fleece : So minute^ hours, days, weeks, months, and years, Pass'd over... | |
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