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" 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... "
The Lusiad: Or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem. Translated from the ... - Page 169
by Luís de Camões - 1798
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The Poetical Register: Or, The Lives and Characters of All the ..., Volume 2

Giles Jacob - Dramatists, English - 1723 - 402 pages
...haft not try A, What Hell it is, in fuing long to bide, To lofc good Days, that might be better fpentt To wafte long Nights in penfive Difcontent ; To fpeed...To-morrow, To feed on Hope, to pine with Fear and Sorrow ; To have thy Prince's Grace, yet want her Peers j To have thy ailing, yet wait many fears :...
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 51

English literature - 1789 - 688 pages
...th^t might be better fpentj To wade long nights in penuve difcontent; To fpeed to-day, to be put hack to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow; To have the Princefs' grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy aflcing, yet wait many years ; To fret thy foul...
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The Quintessence of English Poetry, Or, a Collection of All the Beautiful ...

William Oldys - English drama - 1740 - 326 pages
...fuing long to bide v To lofe good days that might be better fpent, To waite long nights in pepfive difcontent. To fpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow...on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers ; To have thy asking, yet wait many years ;, To fret thy foul with...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 1

Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 366 pages
...good days, that nights be better fpent, To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent ; To fpeed to day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers, To have thy asking, yet wart many years. To fret thy foul with...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: To the Time ..., Volume 1

Theophilus Cibber, Robert Shiells - Poets, English - 1753 - 384 pages
...knoweft thou, that haft not try'd, What Hell it is in fuing long to bide, To clofe good days, that nights be better fpent, To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent ; To fpeed to day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow To have thy prince's...
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A new and general biographical dictionary, Volume 10

New and general biographical dictionary - 1762 - 544 pages
...good days that might be better fpenr, " To waft long nights in penfive difcontent ; " To fpeed to day, to be put back to-morrow, " To feed on hope, to pine with fear and forrow ; " To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers, " To have thy afking, yet wait many years ; l< To fret thy foul...
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A View of the State of Ireland as it was in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth ...

Edmund Spenser - Ireland - 1763 - 310 pages
...To lofe good days, that might be better [pent, To wafte long Nights in penfive Difcontent $ lofpeed to-day, to be put back to-morrow, To feed on Hope, to pine with Fear and Sorrow ; To To have thy Prince's Grace ; yet want her Peers / . To have thy asking, yel wait many Tears...
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Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several ..., Volume 2

Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765 - 278 pages
...knowcft thou, that haft not tried, What hell it is in fuing long to bide: To lofe good Jays, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent:...on hope, to pine with fear and forrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres[«]; To have thy afkirigs, yet wait many yeers [a;] ; To fret thy...
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Preface on the manner of writing dialogue. Dialogue 1. On sincerity in the ...

Richard Hurd - Chivalry in literature - 1771 - 284 pages
...hell it is in fuing Ipng to bide : ". . V . • ' •••,.,..» «r To lofe good days, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent:...on hope, to pine with fear and forrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres[a]; To have thyafkings, yet wait many yeersfo;] ; To fret thy foul...
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Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance: by the ...

Richard Hurd - Ethics - 1776 - 282 pages
...thou, that haft not tried, What hell it is in fuing long tp bide : : ~. To Tolofe good days, that might be better fpent; To wafte long nights in penfive difcontent...to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pjne with fear and forrow ; To have thy prince's grace, yet want his peeres [a] ; To have thy a/kings,...
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