 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 páginas
...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 páginas
...'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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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, 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... | |
 | Regina Maria Roche - 1807 - 498 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 546 páginas
...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,* ' 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 - 1814 - 520 páginas
...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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1817 - 392 páginas
...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 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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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... 
