 Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear...  Curiosities of Literature - Page 57by Isaac Disraeli - 1824 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1825 - 364 pages
...'the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide: To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent j To speed to day, to be put... | |
 | 1822 - 590 pages
...dependence on court-favour is painted in fine colours : — Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide ; To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 356 pages
...isl , That few have found, and manie one hath mist ! Full little knowest thou, that hast not tride, What hell it is, in suing long to bide : To lose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To wast long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1823 - 342 pages
...had a small pension ; but the poet's querulous verses must not be forgotten— " Full little kuowest thou, that hast not try'd " What Hell it is, in suing long to bide." To lose good days—to waste long nights—and as he feelingly exclaims, " To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride,... | |
 | John Aikin, Lucy Aikin - 1824 - 500 pages
...mortifications which he has so so forcibly described in the following lines of his " Mother Hubbard's Tale :" Full little knowest thou that hast not try'd, What hell it is in suing long to bjde ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensi?e discontent ; Tospeed... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1824 - 830 pages
...poet Spencer, would not appear an exaggeration : — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed to-day, to be put... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent. To speed to-day, to be put... | |
 | 1825 - 368 pages
...the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide : To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent} To speed to day, to be put... | |
 | Alexander Bailey Richmond - 1825 - 208 pages
...a quotation from Spencer's Mother Hubbard's Tale. " Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide ; To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensive discontent. To speed to-day, to be put... | |
 | 1825 - 368 pages
...the passage one of the most celebrated of his poems. " Full little knowest thou that hast not tride What hell it is, in suing, long to bide : To lose good days that might be better spent ; To waste long nights in pensive discontent} To speed to day, to be put... | |
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