O 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 Works of Shakespeare: in Eight Volumes - Page 129by William Shakespeare - 1767Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 568 pages
...both, ' They prosper best of all when I am thence. ' 'Would I were dead! if God's good will were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe? * O...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 506 pages
...' They prosper best of all when I am thence. ' "Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God! methinks it were a happy life,2 * To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 514 pages
...both, ' They prosper best of all when I am thence. * 'Would I were dead! if God's good will were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks it were a happy life,2 ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 936 pages
...fellowship seem'd far unfit for warlike I'^^tn. Sfenser. a. A country servant employed in husbandry. It were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. Stall f. j. A pastoral youth. Blest tviaini! whose nymphs in ev'ry grace Blest nymphs ! whose... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 462 pages
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * i4O 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... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...lib'ral eye doth give to ev'ry one, Thnwing cold fear. The HAPPINESS of a SHEPHERD'S LIFE. (SHAKESPEARE.) 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 368 pages
...swearing both, They prosper best of all when I am thence. Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? O God...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 488 pages
...both, ' They prosper best of all when I am thence. ' 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so: ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God! methinks, it were & happy life, 9 ' To be no better than a homely swain; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...both, They prosper best of all when I am thence. 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so : altrv, servile, abject drudges ! [here, Small thing ! mcthinks it were a happy life, To be Jio better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1807 - 500 pages
...the crowded haunts of men, I could not forbear thinking, that here, at least, as Shakespeare says, it were.... • A happy life, To be no better than a homely swain, To sit upon a hill ai we do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to tee... | |
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