 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...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 3761822Full view - About this book
 | John Moore, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 580 pages
...effects were strongest at home, yet it became also a nuisance to all the neighbourhood. CHAPTER XXIX. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour...and slow ; This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighingly reciin'd, And... | |
 | John Moore - 1820 - 578 pages
...effects were strongest at home, yet it became also a nuisance to all the neighbourhood. CHAPTER XXIX. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour...they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and stow ; This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their lirtibs again they throw,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...twist, to range die vernal bloom: But far is cast tlie distaff, spinning-wheel, nd loom. Their 6nly t virtue, without beauty charm'd . Her tongue bewitch'd...oddly as her eyes, Less wit than mimic, more a wi rhyiw; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and skw : This... | |
 | 1821 - 282 pages
...wheel, and loom. LXXII. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary wo, They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then,...soon too rude an exercise they find ; Straight on their couch their limbs again they throw, Where hours on hours they sighing lie reclin'd, And court... | |
 | Heron - 1821 - 944 pages
...Grosvenor- square, his manner assumed a tenderness which it had never done before. CHAPCHAPTER IX. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, tarn o'er some idle rhyme j Then rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth with tottering... | |
 | 1821 - 270 pages
...to twist, to range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaff, spinning wheel, and loom. LXXII. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary wo, They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or... | |
 | Felix M'Donogh - 1822 - 276 pages
...is all the favor which would be granted to him by THE HERMIT IN THE COUNTRY. N«. LXXV. TRIP LERS. Their only labour was to kill the time, And labour dire it was, and weary woe. THOMSON. TRIFLERS. TIME is so generally regarded as a detested foe, that his destruction... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...knot, to twist, to 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 wo : They sit, thev loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...knot, to twist, to range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaflf, spinning-wheel , and loom. en did a recompense as largely ; Straighten the couch their limbs again thev throw, Where hours and hours they sighing lie reclin'd,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...knotr to twist, to range the vernal bloom ; But far is east the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. 'd for their defenee and guard ; And listen why, for...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... | |
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