...and nearly heart-broken wretch. How truly has Spenser delineated his situation: " Full little know'st thou that hast not tried What hell it is, in suing...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow : To fret the soul with crosses and with cares, To eat the bread thro' comfortless despairs." Having thus...

...nearly heart-broken wretch. How truly has Spenser delineated his situation : " Full little know'st them that hast not tried What hell it is, in suing long...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow : To fret the soul with crosses and with cares, To eat the bread thro' comfortless despairs." Having thus...

...! Too well he knew, as Spenser so feelingly sings in his Mother Hubbard's Tale, " What hell it was in suing, long to bide, To lose good days, that might...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret the soul with crosses and with cares ; To eat the heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,...

...is in suing long to bide : 1 See my " Spenser " volume, chap. VI. and p. 407. To loose good dayes, that might be better spent ; To waste long nights...put back tomorrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with f eare and sorrow ; To have thy Princes grace, yet want her Peeres ; To have thy asking, yet wait manie...

...poor suitor is powerfully delineated in colours mixed, it may be feared, with Spenser's tears: — " Full little knowest thou that hast not tried What...spent: To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To spend to-day, to be put back to-morrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy...

...not buy much bread in those days, his pride of birth was humbled in seeking the patronage of nobles : Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide : . . . To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone. To the liberality...

...Surely the only allowable attitude to insufferable dependence of this sort is pity. Full little knowcst thou, that hast not tried. What hell it is in suing...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret thy soul with crosses and with cares; To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs ; To fawn,...

...Hath brought to Court to sue, for Had I -wist, That f ere have found, and many a one hath miss'd ! Full little knowest thou, that hast not tried, What hell it is, in sueing long to bide : To lose good days, that might be better spent ; To matte long nights in pensive...

...discovered. The two, dogs were shot under the gallows. But even the honest Alchymists were doomed — " To lose good days that might be better spent, To waste...To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow ; To fret their souls with crosses and with cares, To eat their hearts through comfortless despairs. Unhappy...

...of one, by whom he sees that he is over estimated. I read the following ten lines without yawning! "Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What Hell it is in sueing long to bide." "To lose good days, that might be better spent, To waste long nights in pensire...