...! Too well he knew, as Spenser so feelingly sings in his Mother Hubbard's Tale, " What hell it was in suing, long to bide, To lose good days, that might...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret the soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat the heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,...

...the incident here mentioned :— To feed on hopes to pine with fear and sorrow : To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers; To have thy asking, yet...many years; To fret thy soul with crosses and with carei; To eat thy heart with comfortless despairs; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run. To...

...What hell it is, in suing long to bide : To loose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To wast long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day,...put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with feare and sorrow ; * ' * • * To fret thy soule with crosses and with cares; To eate thy heart through...

...and many a one hath miss'dl Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide: To lose good days that might be better...on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers'; To have thy asking, yet wait many years; To fret thy soul with...

...is in suing long to bide : 1 See my " Spenser " volume, chap. VI. and p. 407. To loose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights...put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with f eare and sorrow ; To have thy Princes grace, yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking, yet wait manie...

...be feared, with Spenser's tears: — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide: To lose good days that might...spent: To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To spend to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy...

...insufferable dependence of this sort is pity. Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing long to bide, To lose good days that might...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,...

...many a one hath miss'd ! Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To matte long nights in pensive discontent ; To speed to-day, to be put back to-morrom ; To feed on hope,...

...discovered. The two, dogs were shot under the gallows. But even the honest Alchymists were doomed — " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To eat their hearts through comfortless despairs. Unhappy...

...ten lines without yawning! "Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide." "To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensire discontent, To speed to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and...