 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
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1224 pages
...kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe, They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme. on arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it. t. Troilus and Cressida. Act IV. steps and slow. o. THOMSON — Castle of Indolence. Canto I. LXXII. There is no remedy for time misspent;... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1896 - 436 pages
...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." Caitle of Indolence. CAPTAIN OUGHTON, who commanded the Windsor Castle, was... | |
 | John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - English poetry - 1904 - 930 pages
...kill the time (And labor 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 reclined, And court the vapory god, soft breathing in the wind. The Castle of Indolence,... | |
 | James Thomson - English poetry - 1908 - 550 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...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,... | |
 | James Thomson - Poetry - 1908 - 556 pages
...go, Or saunter forth with tottering step 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, And court the vapoury god soft-breathing in the wind. LXXIII Now must I mark... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe, They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, r Forest. L. 39. 21 And he steps and slow. THOMSON — CasUe of Indolence. Canto I. 72. M L'indolence est le sommeil des esprits.... | |
 | 1923 - 520 pages
...kill the time, (And labor 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 tott'ring steps and slow; This soon too rude an exercise they find, Straight on the couch their limbs... | |
 | History - 1924 - 288 pages
...kill the time, (And labor 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 tott'ring steps and slow; This soon too rude an exercise they find, Straight on the couch their limbs... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...kill the time (And labor dire it is, and weary woo) ; They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter...with tottering step and slow : This soon too rude mi exercise they find ; Straight on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they... | |
 | Kathleen Winifred Campbell - Poetry - 1926 - 220 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...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 reclin'd,... | |
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