...! if God's good will were so : 1 For what is in this world, but grit-fond woe? *O G'xl 1 mrthinks, well : for worthy Wolsey Who cannot err, he did il. No nwain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do now, ' To carve out dials quaintly, uoiut by point, * Thereby...

...methinks, it were a happy life, Ao be no better than a homely swain ; lo sit upon a hill, as I do now, .lo carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby...the minutes how they run ; How many make the hour foil complete, How many hours bring about the day, How many days will finish up the year, How many...

...out to their companions the beauty of such a scene, and, as they journey home, exclaim with a sigh, " O God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain !" Many are the charms which strike the sportman's eye in his day's journey. With what carelessness...

...what is in this world, but grief and wo ? * О God ! mcthinks, it were a happy life, ' To be no bettor than a homely swain ; * To sit upon a hill, as I do...point, * Thereby to see the minutes how they run: * Hew many make the hour full complete, * How many hours brin? about the day, * How many days will...

...pensively on the side of a hill, hear him exclaim, 0 God ! I would 1 were an humble swain, To carve ovt dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they pass — how painfully do we feel his unfitness for his station, and how do we long for that bold and...

...Would I were dead, if God's good will were so! For what is in this world but woe and grief ? O heaven ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than...Thereby to see the minutes how they run; How many of them make the hour complete, How many hours will bring about the day, How many days will finish...

...thoughts the Poet has attributed to him : — " Kingdoms are but cares ; State is devoid of stay ; ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon...quaintly, point by point, * Thereby to see the minutes now they run ; * How many make the hour full complete, * How many hours bring about the day, * How...

...subjoined, that he may compare them with the congenial thoughts the Poet has attributed to him:— ' To be no better than a homely swain ; * To sit upon...now, * To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, * How many make the hour full complete, * Thereby to see the minutes how they run; * How many hours...

...insertion of a part of the soliloquy which Henry is made to utter in the midst of the battle — " Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain." The speech is characteristic, and may be read as an illustrative specimen of Shakspeare's mode of amplifying...

...thence. Would I were dead ! if God's good will were so ; For what is in this world but grief and woe ? O God ! methinks, it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as 1 do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run : How...