 O God ! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, — How many make the hour full complete ; How many hours...  The World's Best Poetry ... - Seite 317herausgegeben von - 1904Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1989 - 1286 Seiten
...were so; For what is in this world bur grief and woe? О God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no way to turn tailor, or be redbreast teacher. An the...and so, come in when ye will. [Exit. OWEN GLENDOWER. makes the hour full complete; How many hours brings about the day; How many days will finish up the... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - 1958 - 336 Seiten
...Henry in a fine speech of Shakespearian pastoralism : O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point to point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run, How many make the hour full complete; How many hours... | |
 | Richard Dutton, Alison Gail Findlay, Richard Wilson - 2003 - 286 Seiten
...and the plight of Shakespeare's first Lancastrian king O God! Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. To sit upon a hill, as...by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run. (3 Henry VI i.^.21-^) 22 These are the words of Shakespeare's first Lancastrian king, Henry VI, in... | |
 | Bill Rogers - 2003 - 140 Seiten
...host school . . . to carve out dials . . . thereby to see the minutes how they run, how many makes the hour full complete, how many hours bring about the day, how many days will finish up the year ... 50 many hours must I tend my flock, so many hours must I take my rest, so many hours must I contemplate.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 180 Seiten
...— 20 For what is in this world but grief and woe? O God! Methinks it were a happy life 22 To be no better than a homely swain. To sit upon a hill, as I do now; 24 To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the minutes how they run: How many makes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2007 - 1288 Seiten
...were so; For what is in this world but grief and woe? O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no makes the hour full complete; How many hours brings about the day; How many days will finish up the... | |
 | John F. McDiarmid - 2007 - 328 Seiten
...Henry, isolated from the fighting, muses on the pains of high office. He states a desire to be 'no better than a homely swain, / To sit upon a hill as...point, / Thereby to see the minutes how they run' (II, iii, 22-5). 26 His reverie is rudely disturbed by the entry of 'A Sonne that hath kill'd his Father,... | |
 | Patrick Cheney - 2007
...VI as a Spenserian author-figure, the shepherdking: 'O god! methinks it were a happy life / To be no better than a homely swain; / To sit upon a hill,...now, / To carve out dials quaintly, point by point' (3 Henry VI 2. 5. 21-4). 2I But Richard II warrants close attention as well; the King's commitment... | |
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