 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...the sad trnth which hovers o'er my desk Tnrns what was once romantic to bnrlesqne. IV. And if I langh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep; and if I weep, 'Tis that onr natnre eannot always bring Itself to apathy, which we mnst steep First in the icy depths of Lethe's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. IV. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may...that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep (1) [" Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 pages
...her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may...that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep (1) £" Time ho\ ers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 684 pages
...cast him off, branded and heartstricken, from country and from home. As he himself touchingly says, ' And if I laugh at any mortal thing, • Tis that I may not weep.' This laughter, — which, in such temperaments, is the near neighbour of tears, — served as a diversion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 400 pages
...cast him off, branded and heart-stricken, from country and from home. As he himself touchingly says, " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep." This laughter, — which, in such temperaments, is the near neighbour of tears, — served as a diversion... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1833 - 678 pages
...cast him off, branded and heartstricken, from country and from home. As he himself touchingly says, ' And if I laugh at any mortal thing, ' Tis that I may not weep.' This laughter, — which, in such temperaments, is the near neighbour of tears, — served as a diversion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 362 pages
...be, that in vain I would essay as I have sung to sing. Yet, though a dreary strain, to this I cling So that it wean me from the weary dream Of selfish grief or gladness—so it fling Forgetfulness around me—it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 358 pages
...pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. IV. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may...that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep (1) [" Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 360 pages
...her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may...that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep (1) [" Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...be, that in vain I would essay as I have sung to sing. Yet, though a dreary strain, to this I cling So that it wean me from the weary dream Of selfish...or gladness — so it fling Forgetfulness around me — it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme IV. He, who grown aged in this... | |
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He, who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him ; nor below Can love, or sorrow, fame, ambition, strife... 
