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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... "
King Henry VI., part III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and ... - Page 44
by William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811
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Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of ..., Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1829 - 478 pages
...like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, to " O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better...many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours must I contemplate ; So many days my ewes have been with young ; So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean...
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Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of ..., Volume 2

Robert Southey - 1829 - 488 pages
...ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, to " O God! nu;tliinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely...many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many days my ewes have been with young; So many weeks ere the poor fools will yean;...
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Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Volume 3

John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...DCXIX. — — Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby...many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young; So many...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, George Steevens - 1829 - 542 pages
...Thereby to sec the minutes how they run: * How many moke the hour full complete, * How many hours brin;,' about the day, * How many days will finish up the...known, then to divide the times : * So many hours must 1 tend my flock; * So many hours must I take my rest; * So many hours must I contemplate ; * So many...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...mole-hill, will I sit me down. To whom God will, there be the victory ! For Margaret, my queen, and Clifford too, Have chid me from the battle ; swearing...many hours must I take my rest ; So many hours must 1 contemplate ; So many hours must I sport myself; So many days my ewes have been with young ; So many...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare, William Harness - 1830 - 540 pages
...do now, * To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes how theyrun : * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours...hours must I take my rest ; * So many hours must I c6ntemplate ; * So many hours must I sport myself ; * So many days my ewes have been with young; *...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...it were a happy life, ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do nciwj * To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby...hours must I take my rest; * So many hours must I contemplate ; * So many hours must I sport myself: * So many days my ewes nave been with young ; *...
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The Dramatic Works, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 522 pages
...* To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to sec the minutes how they run: * How many make the hour...hours must I take my rest ; * So many hours must I contemplate ; * So many hours must I sport myself: * So many days my ewes have been with young ; *...
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The Dramatic Works and Poems of William Shakespeare, with Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1831 - 606 pages
...hill, as I do now, * To carve out dial« quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes now n With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this contemplate ; * So many hours must I sport myself; * So many days my ewes have been with young ; *...
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The plays and poems of Shakspeare [according to the text of E ..., Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1833 - 496 pages
...were a happy life, " To be no better than a homely swain ; " To sit upon a hill, as I do now ; war, " To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, " Thereby...hours must I take my rest : " So many hours must I contemplate ; " So many hours must I sport myself; " So many days my ewes have been with young ; "...
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