 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 324 էջ
...'Would I were dead ! if God's good will were «o : 1 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... | |
 | John Thurston - 1825 - 308 էջ
...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 էջ
...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... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1826 - 318 էջ
...unambitious sentiments might well be supposed to utter those congenial lines which the Poet has given him : " 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... | |
 | Richard Ryan - 1826 - 318 էջ
...POETRY AND POETS. might well be supposed to utter those congenial lines which the Poet has given him : " 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... | |
 | 1826 - 382 էջ
...Henry while sitting on the molehill, apart from the battle-field of Towton ; .and is as follows : — " 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... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1826 - 384 էջ
...Henry while sitting on the molehill, apart from the battle-field of Towton ; and is as follows : — " O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as 1 do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 էջ
...blowing of his nails, Can neither call it perfect day, or night. THE BLESSINGS OP A SHEPHERD'S LIFE. 0 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 - 1828 - 392 էջ
...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 hy point, Therehy to see... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 478 էջ
...like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, to " 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... 
