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
 | Stephen Simpson - 1823 - 268 pages
...recommending that economy 'iftime, s. beautifully pourtrayed by the great bard, wr have jus> quoted. " 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, Tu carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 324 pages
...' They prosper best of all when I am thence. ' 'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were «o : 1 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, William Dodd - 1824 - 428 pages
...blowing of his nails, Can neither call it perfect day, nor night. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...dead ! if God's good will were so . For what is in this world, but grief and wo? * 0 God ! melhinks, it were a happy life. To be no better than a homely swain ; ' To sit upon a lull, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...well be supposed to utter those congenial lines which the poet has given him: — Î God ! mi-thinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely awain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
 | John Thurston - 1825 - 308 pages
...walks, insulting o'er his prey; And so he comes to rend his limbs asunder. Act I. Scene III. K. Jim. O God ! methinks, it. were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain. Act II. Scene V. K. Hen. Let me embrace these sour adversities ; For wiser men say, it is the... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 366 pages
...in the beginning of the thirty-third chapter of this instructive work. CHAP. XXXV. TABLE TALK. " Oh God ! methinks it were a happy life " To be no better than a homely swain." SHAK&PEARI. " IT is all owing to our departing from nature," said the Doctor, " or being what... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 406 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 410 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 life2, ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1826 - 410 pages
...' They prosper best of all when I am thence. ' 'Would, I were dead ! if God's good will were so i ' For what is in this world, but grief and woe ? * O God ! methinks, it were a happy life2, ' To be no better than a homely swain; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, * To carve out dials... | |
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