 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
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 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 forth, with tottering steps and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they... | |
 | James Thomson - 1880 - 548 pages
...And labour dire it is, and weary woe) 1 Dr. Murdoch. 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. 73One nymph there was,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1882 - 720 pages
...rhyme ; 8 This stanza was meant as a portrait of Thomson himself, and was written liy Lord Lyttleton. Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter...soon too rude an exercise they find ; Straight on the conch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the vapoury... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait ze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro' all l sighing lie reclin'd, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in There is no remedy for time misspent;... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...kill the time, And labour dire it is, and weary woe: They ait, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and Tins soon too rude an exercise they find; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw,... | |
 | Richard S. Rhodes - American poetry - 1885 - 444 pages
...kill the time (And labour dire it is, and weary woe;) They sit, and 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 thoir limbs again they throw, Where hours and hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the vapoury... | |
 | Jerome Paine Bates - Conduct of life - 1886 - 882 pages
...RIGHT USE OF TIME. "Whose only labor was to lull the time, Who sit and loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth with tottering step, and slow. But this too rude an exercise they find, Then straight on the couch their limbs they throw, Where hours... | |
 | Richard Rhodes - American poetry - 1887 - 426 pages
...kill the time (And labour dire it is, and weary woe;) They sit, and loll; turn o'er some idle rhyme; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter...the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours and hours they sighing lie reclined, And court the vapoury god, soft breathing in the wind. ***** *... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons - 1891 - 458 pages
...the time ; 640 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...and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find ; 645 Straight on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclined,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 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 forth, with tottering steps and slow: This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again theylhron',... | |
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