 We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.  A woman's story - Seite 31von Anna Maria Hall - 1857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 Seiten
...annoyance Never came near thee : Thou lovest ; but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songa are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 Seiten
...annoyance Never came near thee : Thou lovest; but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tea.r, I know... | |
 | 1878 - 684 Seiten
...things in life must have their taste of bitterness ?' and then, as if talking to himself, he repeated, ' "Our sincerest laughter with some pain is fraught, Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought." ' ' Do you sing 7 Lucy asked abruptly, struck more than ever now with... | |
 | Woodland - 1868 - 186 Seiten
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born... | |
 | Antony Easthope - 1989 - 240 Seiten
...Than we mortals dream, 85 Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream? We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; 90 Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn If we were things... | |
 | Jane Somerville - 1990 - 156 Seiten
...little kindness for insects, a little pity for the dead. (PP 63) His Onm Wife Voyage We look before and after And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter...some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell Of saddest thoughts. —Shelley, 'To a Skylark' Nostalgia once had the status of a real disease;... | |
 | 1917 - 636 Seiten
...complement of his genius. It is the incubator of poetry. What says Shelley ?— " We look before and after, And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught. The sweetest gongs are those which tell of saddest thought." It is in the marshy, muddy side-wash of... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 Seiten
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream? We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter...some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...sacred few who could not tame Their spirits to the conquerors— (1. 127-128) 71 We look before and stairs That Y . that tell of saddest thought. (1. 86-90) 72 Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1994 - 752 Seiten
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream? We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter...some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 90 Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things... | |
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