More than accustom'd gladness in her air. Ah ! the heart overacts its part; its mirth, Like light, will all too often take its birth Mid darkness and decay ; those smiles that press, Like the gay crowd round, are not happiness : For peace broods quiet... Romance and Reality - Seite 183von Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1831Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1827 - 338 Seiten
...lit up to crimson, seem'd to wear More than accustom'd gladness in her air. Ah ! the heart overacts its part; its mirth, Like light, will all too often...beauty, sadness felt; Its very brilliance spoke the fever'd breast; Thus glitter not the waters when at rest. The scene is changed, the maiden is alone... | |
| British poets - 1828 - 838 Seiten
...to crimson, scem'd to wear More than acciistom'd gladness in her air. ЛЬ! the heart overacts it» ight with them all be made; Bat prayed for love to share his foreign life, And shun all futur ami le« tprees. Like the gay crowd round, arc not For peace broods quiet on her wings, And this false... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1832 - 512 Seiten
...balcony of the fountain is the very place wherein to enact a scene from Boccacio." • CHAPTER XIX. 1' Alas ! the heart o'eracts its part ; its mirth, Like...fevered breast — Thus glitter not the waters when at reat." LEL WHO that had looked on that trio, as the young cavalier commenced his narration, but would... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1838 - 360 Seiten
...seem'd to wear More than accustom'd gladness in her air. Ah ! the heart overacts its part ; its ninth, Like light, will all too often take its birth 'Mid...are not happiness : For peace broods quiet on her dovclikc wings, And this false gayety a radiance flings, Dazzling but hiding not ; and some who dwelt... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1839 - 340 Seiten
...lit up to crimson, seem'd to wear More than accustom'd gladness in her air. Ah ! the heart overacts its part ; its mirth, Like light, will all too often...beauty, sadness felt; Its very brilliance spoke the fever'd breast ; Thus glitter not the waters when at rest. The scene is changed, the maiden is alone... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1839 - 364 Seiten
...lit up to crimson, scem'd to wear More than aceustom'd gladness in her air. Ah ! the heart overacts its part ; its mirth, Like light, will all too often...broods quiet on her dovelike wings, And this false gayety a radiance flings, Dazzling but hiding not; and some who dwelt 'Jjion her meteor beauty, sadness... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1844 - 332 Seiten
...lit up to crimson, seem'd to wear More than accustom'd gladness in her air. Ah! the heart overacts its part; its mirth, Like light, will all too often...beauty, sadness felt; Its very brilliance spoke the fever' d breast; Thus glitter not the waters when at rest. The scene is changed, the maiden is alone... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1850 - 372 Seiten
...lit up to crimson, seem'd to wear More than accustom'd gladness in her air. Ah ! the heart overacts its part; its mirth, Like light, will all too often...some who dwelt Upon her meteor beauty, sadness felt ; ff Its very brilliance spoke the fever'd breast ; Thus glitter not the waters when at rest. The scene... | |
| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1856 - 522 Seiten
...acquiescence. " The balcony of the fountain is the very place wherein to enact a scene from Boccacio." CHAPTEH IX. " Alas ! the heart o'eracts its part.; its mirth,...some who dwelt Upon her meteor beauty, sadness felt ; i Its very brilliance spoke the fevered breast — Thus glitter not the waters- when at rest." —... | |
| Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - 540 Seiten
...keeps up a daylight in the mind, filling it with a steady and perpetual serenity. — DR. JOHNSON. Mirth, like light, will all too often take its birth mid darkness and decay. — Miss LANDON. Mirthful. Mirthful as an undertaker's mute. — BALZAC. Mischievous. Mischievous as... | |
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