 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1844 - 604 pàgines
...King Henry, of that name the Sixth : — " Ah, me ! methinks it is a quiet life To sit upon a bench, as I do now ; To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see the mmutes how they run — How many make the hour full complete — How many hours bring about... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pàgines
...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 I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
 | Marcus Noll - 1994 - 184 pàgines
...deutlicher Neid spürbar sowie ein klar ausgedrückter Wunsch, lieber Hirte als König sein zu wollen: O God! Methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain. [...] Ah, what a life were this! How sweet! How lovely ! (3 Henry VI, E, 5, 2l -22 und 41 )... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 1995 - 585 pàgines
...which cannot be trusted to the tell-tale day. (V, 74) [116] [On 3 Henry VI, 2.5.21 ff: King Henry. O God! methinks it were a happy life, To be no better than a homely swain] This speech is mournful and soft, exquisitely suited to the character of the king, and makes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1995 - 136 pàgines
...victors, breast to breast, Yet neither conqueror nor conquered. So is the equal poise of this fell war. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1996 - 1290 pàgines
...thence. Would I were dead! if God's good will were so; For what is in this world but grief and woe? О hee? EGEUS. Full of vexation come I, swain; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 1997 - 438 pàgines
...get on better without him, he meditates on how much happier he would be as a peasant than as a king. 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... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - 1958 - 336 pàgines
...generalized feeling that results is phrased by King 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... | |
 | Agnes Heller - 2002 - 390 pàgines
...God sive nature has ordered things to their proper place, and man has natural obligations to fulfill. "O God! Methinks it were a happy life / To be no better than a homely swain. / To carve out dials quaintly, point by point. ... So many hours must I tend my flock, / So... | |
 | Wystan Hugh Auden - 2002 - 428 pàgines
...shepherd: 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 I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point, Thereby to see... | |
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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 bring... 
