 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
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 pages
...knot, to twist, to range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. 72 Their only labour was to kill the time ; (And labour...;) They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme; 8 This stanza was meant as a portrait of Thomson himself »nd was written bj Lord Lyttleton. 9 The... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...now so strange do these things seem, Mine eyes have leisure for their tears. TENNYSON : In Memoriam. 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... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 448 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 himself... | |
 | James Thomson - 1878 - 754 pages
...to twist, to 'range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. LXX1I. Their only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, arid weary woe. They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; Then, rising sudden, to the glass... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...now so strange do these things seem. Mine eyes have leisure for their tears. TENNYSON : In Alemoriam. 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... | |
 | 1879 - 578 pages
...si sensus deficit, Ad firmandum cor sincerum Sola tides sufficit." K WALFORD, MA (5"- S. xi. 509.) " Their only labour was to kill the time, And labour dire it is, and weary woe." The lines (incorrectly quoted by CP) are by Thompson, Cattle of Indolence, stanza Ixxii. 11. 1, 2.... | |
 | James Thomson - 1880 - 548 pages
...knot, to twist, to range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. 72. Their only labour was to kill the time ; 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... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1881 - 362 pages
...take a retrospective glance at the last seventeen years of her Ladyship's life. CHAPTER XXVIIL Her "only labour was to kill the time ; And labour dire it is, and weary woe. " Castle of Indolence. YEARS had rolled on amidst heartless pleasures and joyless amusements, but Lady... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 pages
...sluggardis'd at home, Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness. p Тим Gentlemenof Verona. Act I. Sc. 1. steps and This soon too rude an exercise they find ; Strait on the couch their limbs again they throw,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1882 - 720 pages
...knot, to twist, to range the vernal bloom ; But far is cast the distaff, spinning-wheel, and loom. 72 Their only labour was to kill the time ; (And labour...;) They sit, they loll, turn o'er some idle rhyme ; 8 This stanza was meant as a portrait of Thomson himself, and was written liy Lord Lyttleton. Then,... | |
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