 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.  Minor Poems - Stran 170avtor: Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1878 - 396 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Epes Sargent - 1868 - 544 strani
...sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. XIII. Yet if we could scorn pride, and hate, and 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 than all treasures that in books are found,... | |
 | Woodland - 1868 - 186 strani
...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, 1 know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 strani
...laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 19. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If...tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. 20. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 strani
...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 ;...Not to 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... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 strani
...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...Not to 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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 strani
...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 ;...Not to 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... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - 416 strani
...laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Tet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we...Not to 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1869 - 810 strani
...sinoerest 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 bom Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joys we ever should come near. Better than all measures... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 strani
...thing wherein we feel there is some hidden want. What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain V What fields, or waves, or mountains ? What shapes...Not to 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... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1870 - 664 strani
...laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thougit. 19. Yet, if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear, If...tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. 20. Better than all measures Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were,... | |
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