 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
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...eaшe, no trust, no duty, and no friend. Pop. УГЧ) SS? Tbeir only labour was to kill the time, Алd labour dire it is, and weary woe. They sit, they loll,...forth, with tottering step and slow. This soon too rode an exereise they find ; Straight on the eoueh their limbs again they throw, Where hoars and hours... | |
 | 1855 - 834 pages
...knot, to twist, to range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, anil loom. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They eit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth,... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1856 - 624 pages
...senate, or at eourt, Of ever listless loit'rers, that attend No eause, no trust, no duty, and no friend. Their only labour was to kill the time, And labour...weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhymo ; Then, rising sudden, to the glass they go, Or saunter forth, with tottering step and slow.... | |
 | Edward Young - 1856 - 556 pages
...excellent illustration of this idea we may turn to Thomson's Castle of Indolence. " Their only labour is to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary...woe. 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 ; Straight... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 466 pages
...far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. Their only labor was to kill the time ; And labor dire it is, and weary woe : They sit, they loll, turn...and slow : This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw ; Where hours and hours they sighing lie reclin'd,... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 368 pages
...society is often no higher than that of a polypus over which the tide floats. " His only labour is to kill the time, And labour dire it is, and weary woe." Yet the rich man, inspired by a right spirit, will spurn idleness as unmanly ; and if he bethink him... | |
 | James Thomson - 1861 - 480 pages
...to twist, to range the vernal bloom; |But far is cast the distafl, 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... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 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 was, and weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then rising sudden, to the glass... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1869 - 568 pages
...be difficult to specify what. They are busy ; but it is a busy idleness : — " Their only labour is to kill the time, And labour dire it is, and weary woe. They ait, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme, Or saunter forth, with tottering steps and slow. This soon... | |
 | Acrostics - 1870 - 156 pages
...and pinnacles of ice With burning smoke." A. " Thou too, hoar mount ! with thy skypointing peaks." 5. "Their only labour was to kill the time, . And labour dire it was, and weary woe." 6. " The words were hard to understand." . 7. " Rock renowned Earned upon hostile... | |
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