DISCONTENT.
Past and to come seem best; things present worst.
King Henry IV., Pt. II. Act i. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort
As if he mocked himself and scorned his spirit
That could be moved to smile at anything.
Julius Cæsar, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
To sigh, yet feel no pain,
To weep, yet scarce know why;
To sport an hour with beauty's chain,
Then throw it idly by.
The Blue Stocking. T. MOORE.