...to day, to be put back to morrow, To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow, To fret thy sould with crosses and with cares, To eat thy heart through...despairs, To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run, To spend, to give, to want, to be undone." "Very strong, indeed," said I, with a competent air,...

...years earlier: Full little knowest thou that has not tried What hell it is in suing long to bide . . . To eat thy heart through comfortless despairs; To fawn, to crouch, to wait, to ride, to run; To spend, to give, to want, to be undone. Unhappy Wight, born to disastrous end, That doth his...