 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 they...  Conversation; or, Shades of difference - Page 186by Heron - 1821Full view - About this book
 | James Hamilton - 1861 - 180 pages
...and weary wo. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and slow: This soon too rude an exercise they find...limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the vapory god soft-breathing i? h» wind." — Cas'le of Indolence.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1862 - 272 pages
...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...limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd, And court the vapourygod soft-breathing in the wind. 73. Now must I mark the... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...the time ; And labour dire it was, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter...limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in the wind. L3CSIII. One nymph there... | |
 | James Thomson - Poets, English - 1868 - 416 pages
...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...limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in the wind. LXXIII. Now must I mark... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1869 - 568 pages
...and weary woe. They ait, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and slow. This soon too rude an exercise they find...limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in the wind." l They think that they... | |
 | William Anderson (D.D.) - Europe - 1870 - 392 pages
...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...rude an exercise they find ; Straight on the couch again their limbs they throw, Where hours on hours they, sighing, lie reclined, And court the vapoury... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
...kill the time ; And labor dire it is, and weary woe : They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, [dined. Where hours on hours they sighing lie reAnd court the vapory god soft-breathing in the wind.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1873 - 758 pages
...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...limbs again they throw. Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in the wind. LXXIII. Now must I mark... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1875 - 728 pages
...Lyttleton. 9 The Rev. Dr. Murdoch, another of the poet's friends, was the subject of ttiu playful stanza. Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter...limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the vapoury god, soft breathing in the wind. 73 One nymph there was,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...kill the time ; And labour dire it was, 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 steps and slow: This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they... | |
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