What shall I do with all the days and hours That must be counted ere I see thy face? How shall I charm the interval that lowers Between this time and that sweet time of grace?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker struggles with how to pass the time while waiting to see their loved one.
- In plain terms
- How do I make the wait end until I can see you?
- What can you take from it?
- Waiting for someone feels long and hard to fill.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you cope with waiting?
- Is time slower when you miss someone?
Another view
It assumes the wait is purely romantic.
More from Fanny Kemble
A good many causes tend to make good masters and mistresses quite as rare as good servants.... The large and rapid fortunes by which vulgar and ignorant people…
Permalink to quote #4 Maids must be wives and mothers to fulfil The entire and holiest end of woman's being.
Permalink to quote #6 Simplicity is a great element of good breeding.
Permalink to quote #3
Related quotes
I just need your star for a day.
Nick DrakeNick Drake quote #4 Each hour until we meet is as a bird That wings from far his gradual way along The rustling covert of my soul.
Dante Gabriel RossettiDante Gabriel Rossetti quote #11 Come back, true love! Sweet youth, return!- But time goes on, and will, unheeding, Though hands will reach, and eyes will yearn, And the wild days set true hea…
Conrad AikenConrad Aiken quote #11