 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. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear,...  The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Seite 685herausgegeben von - 1902 - 1084 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 Seiten
...or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphal chant, Matched with thine would be all But an empty vaunt — A thing...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. PB Shelley. LIX. THE PLAIN OF MARATHON. (FROM 'CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE,' CANTO n.) '^HERE'ER we... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 Seiten
...fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. L_ Better than all measures Of delightful sound; Better...world should listen- then, as I am listening now. THE SENSITIVE PLANT. A SENSITIVE Plant in a garden grew, •^^ And the young winds fed it with silver... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 Seiten
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. Shelley. THE CLOUD. I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 Seiten
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. HOW COMMODORE TRUNNION WENT TO GET MARRIED. TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT. [Tobias Smollett formed the third... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 Seiten
...sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. »«»»» Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world would listen then, as I am listening now ! SHELLEY. WHO is't now we hear ? . None but the lark so shrill... | |
 | Woodland - 1868 - 186 Seiten
...thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, 1 know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. PB Shelley. LIME BLOSSOMS. THE flower of the tree is the flower for me, That life out of life, high-hanging... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1868 - 544 Seiten
...fear; If we were things born not to s^hed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. XIV. Better than all measures of delightful sound, Better...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. CXXX. — THE FATAL BRAWL. The following dialogue is founded on an actual occurrence which took place... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 Seiten
...scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things bom Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joys we ever should come near. Better than all measures...lips would flow, The world should listen then, as 1 am listening now. THE SENSITIVE PLANT* A sensitive plant in a garden grew, And the young winds ted... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 Seiten
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...The world should listen then as I am listening now. 4.— THE CATARACT OP LODORE. ROBERT SOUTHEY. [Seepage 110.J How does the water come down at Lodore... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 Seiten
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. r Better than all measures Of delight and sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS. Henry Wadaworth Longfellow. " L'e'ternitfi est une pcndale, dont le balancier... | |
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