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" 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 129
by William Shakespeare - 1767
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 572 pages
...dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? 0 God ! melhinks 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...
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 11

William Shakespeare - 1808 - 404 pages
...me from the battle; swearing boih, ' * . ' ** ' "Would I were deadl if Gold's good will were so : ' For what is in this world, but 'grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks , it were a happy life, ' T« be no better than a homely swain,; * To sit upon a hill , as t do now, * To carve out dials quaintly...
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King Henry VI., part III. King Richard III. King Henry VIII. Troilus and ...

William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 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...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...
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The Works of William Shakespeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1811 - 392 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 ! me thinks, it were a happy life,9 To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1813 - 488 pages
...swearing both, They prosper best of all when I am thence. 'Would 1 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, To be uo better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspeare. Whittingham's ed, Volume 5

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 520 pages
...thence. 'Would I were dead! if God's good will were s01 For what is in this world, but grief and woe? : God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hilI, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point. Thereby to see...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the morning's war. When dying clouds contend with growing light ; The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life. 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...
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Characters of Shakespear's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 pages
...swearing both They prosper best of all whence 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...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 6

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 a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...dead ! if God's good will were so : For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? 0 God ! methmks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To at upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see...
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