 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...loom. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary wo : They sit, thev loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Then, rising sudden,...and slow: This soon too rude an exercise, they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaflf, spinning-wheel , and loom. Their only labour was largely ; Straighten the couch their limbs again thev throw, Where hours and hours they sighing lie reclin'd,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...range the vernal bloom ; But far is east the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. Their only labour was nd guard ; And listen why, for I will tell you now What never yet was heard in tale or exereise they find ; Straight on the eoueh their limbs again they throw, Where hours and hours they... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1832 - 274 páginas
...only labour is to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit — they lounge — turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then rising sudden — to the glass they go, Or saunter forth with loitering step and slow. CASTLE or INDOLENCE. CAPTAIN Oughton, who commanded the Windsor Castle, was... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 páginas
...spinning-wheel, and loom. Their only labor was to kill the time ; And labor dire it is, and weary wo : They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Then,...and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined,... | |
 | John Gay - 1838 - 254 páginas
...the vernal bloom ; " But far is cast the distaff, spinning wheel, and loom. " Their only labour was to kill the time ; " And labour dire it is, and weary...and slow ; "This soon too rude an exercise they find ; " Strait on the couch their limbs again they tkrow ; •' Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd,... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1838 - 402 páginas
...only labour is to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit — they lounge — turn o'er some idle rhyme; Then rising sudden — to the glass they go, Or saunter forth with loitering step and slow. CasUe qf Indolence. CAPTAIN OUOHTON who commanded the Windsor Ca stle was... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 páginas
...range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and [loom. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary...soon too rude an exercise they find ; Straight on thecouchtheir limbs again they throw. Where hours and hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 páginas
...for is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. Their only labor was to kill the time ; And labor as pleas'd : now glow'd the firmament With living...majesty, at length \ Apparent queen unveil'd her pe Ihey find ; Straight on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours Ihey sighing lie... | |
 | James Thomson - 1849 - 772 páginas
...vernal bloom ; But far is east the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. LXXII. Their only labour was to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary...with tottering step and slow: This soon too rude an exereise they find; Straight on the eoueh their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing... | |
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Their only Labour was to kill the Time ; And Labour dire it is, and weary Woe. . They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle Rhyme ; Then, rising sudden, to the Glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering Step and slow : This soon too rude an Exercise... 
