 ... let my tears run smooth, — It were the happier way, she said. VI. And since that must not be, she said, I fain your bitter world would leave. How calmly, calmly, smile the Dead, Who do not, therefore, grieve ! The yea of Heaven is yea, she said....  Ballast: A Novel - Page 267by Myra Swan - 1901 - 361 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850 - 596 pages
...The yea of Heaven is yea, she said. VII. But in your bitter world, she said, Face-joy's a costlymask to wear, And bought with pangs long nourished, And...despair. Griefs earnest makes life's play, she said. VIII. Ye weep for those who weep? — she said — Ah, fools ! — I bid you pass them by; Go, weep... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1851 - 252 pages
...therefore, grieve ! The yea of Heaven is yea, she said. VII. But in your bitter world, she said, Face-joy's a costly mask to wear, And bought with pangs long nourished And rounded to despair. Grief's earnest makes life's play, she said. VIII. Ye weep for those who weep ? — she said — Ah... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1852 - 252 pages
...therefore, grieve! The yea of Heaven is yea, she said. VII. But in your bitter world, she said, Face-joy's a costly mask to wear, And bought with pangs long nourished And rounded to despair. Grief's earnest makes life's play, she said. VIII. Ye weep for those who weep ?—she said— Ah fools... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 pages
...therefore, grieve ! The yea of Heaven is yea, she said. TO. But in your bitter world, she said, Face-joy's a costly mask to wear, And bought with pangs long nourished And rounded to despair. Grief's earnest makes life's play, she said. ; THE MASK. 337 vni. Ye weep for those who weep ? —... | |
 | Margaret Agnes Paull - 1857 - 324 pages
...behind a smile — God's pity let us pray, she said. But in your bitter world . she said , Face-joy's a costly mask to wear. And bought with pangs long nourished, And rounded to despair — Grief's earnest makes life's play, she said. EB BBoWNING. WHEN Adelaide entered the room some time... | |
 | 1867 - 894 pages
...any trifled pleased. § Or one from Mrs. Browning : But in your bitter world, she §aid, Face-joy's a costly mask to wear, And bought with pangs long...to despair. Griefs earnest makes life's play, she laid. || The same poetess feelingly, though quaintly, depicts the effort of an unhappy young mother... | |
 | 1867 - 518 pages
...Life of Kemble, ii. 136. Or one from Mrs. Browning : But in your bitter world, she said, Face-joy's a costly mask to wear, And bought •with pangs long nourished And rounded to despair. Grief's earnest makes life's play, she said.* The same poetess feelingly, though quaintly, depicts... | |
 | Francis Jacox - 1872 - 514 pages
...behind a smile. God's pity let us pray, she said. ***''* But in your bitter world, she said, Face-joy's a costly mask to wear, And bought with pangs long nourished And rounded to despair. Grief's earnest makes life's play, she said. " Mr. Lockhart observes of Scott's demeanour in public... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1874 - 622 pages
...captives so uncomforted, As souls behind a smile. For in this bitter world, she said, Face-¡oy 'sa costly mask to wear, And bought with pangs long nourished, And rounded to despair. You weep for those who weep, she said, Ah, fools ! I bid you pass them by, Go weep for those whose... | |
 | 1888 - 228 pages
...grieve ! The yea of Heaven is yea, she said. VII. But in your bitter world, she said, Face-joy 'sa costly mask to wear, — And bought with pangs long nourished And rounded to despair. Grief's earnest makes life's play, she said. A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD. HpHEY say that God lives very... | |
| |
