 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
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...To 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, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1832 - 274 pages
...— but, what was still worse, he carried off the " practice !" CHAPTER VIII. Their 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... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 pages
...have no regular engagements to claim their attention is sometimes pitiable. " Their only labour is to kill the time; And labour dire it is, and weary woe." " In the higher ranks of life," Dr. Beattie observes, " people who are neither engaged in business,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...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 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...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,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1838 - 236 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...sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tott'ring step and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Straight on the couch their limbs... | |
 | Frederick Marryat - 1838 - 402 pages
...— but, what was still worse, he carried off the " practice ! " CHAPTER VIII. Their 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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 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...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... | |
 | Henry James Mercier, William Gallop - 1841 - 276 pages
...scream about the drear and 'arid Isle of San Lorenzo. THE GALLEY POLITICIANS. "Their 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, Or saunter round with loitering step and slow." BY some knowledgeable... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1841 - 448 pages
...a retrospective glance at the last seventeen years of her ladyship's life. CHAPTER XXX. ^— Her " only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe." • Castie'jtf Indolence. YEARS had rolled on, amidst heartless pleasures and joyless amusements, but... | |
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