 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.  The Pleasures of Life - Page 3by Sir John Lubbock - 1893 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 pages
...Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy note flow in such a crystal stream ? We look before and afte7, And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught : Our sweetest songs are thosf which tell of iaddtst thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear ; If we were things... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stieam? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; [thought. Our sweetest songs arc those that tell of isaddest Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? I«W TBE PRISONER OF CHILLON. We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...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... | |
 | 1846 - 590 pages
...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 which tell of saddest thought." To speak more immediately of the little volume before us; it is greatly... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...shapes of sky or plain ! [pain ! What love of thine own kind ! What ignorance of We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; [thought. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 pages
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy note 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 which tell of saddest thought. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1849 - 406 pages
...we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? XVIII. (We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. XIX. Yet if we could scorn Hnte, and pride, and fear ; If we were tilings born... | |
 | 1835 - 606 pages
...deep, Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes now in such a crystal stream ! We look before and after And pine for what is not, Our sincerest laughter,...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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Cheever - 1851 - 392 pages
...worth Beamed with matchless ray." CHAPTEE III. LETTEB8 AOT> MEMORIALS OF YOUTH. We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter...is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. SHELLEY. THE materials for biography in the year 1831, are scanty, by reason of... | |
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