 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 - Page 647edited by - 1901 - 1084 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 pages
...pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scern Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. If there be anywhere a companion poem to this, it is John Keats's " Ode to the Nightingale." Poor John... | |
 | 1863 - 438 pages
...of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Chorus hymeneal Or triumphal chaunt Match'd with thine, would be all But an empty vaunt...The world should listen then, as I am listening now ! PB Shelley THE GREEN LINNET "OENEATH these fruit-tree boughs that shed \-J Their snow-white blossoms... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - 564 pages
...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...skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach mo half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The... | |
 | 1863 - 982 pages
...look before and after And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ;...The world should listen then, as I am listening now ! PB Shelley THE GREEN LINNET T) ENEATH these fruit-tree boughs that shed JLJ Their snow-white blossoms... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...crystal stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With somc pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that...That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scomer of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness ' That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. " Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better...world should listen then, as I am listening now." ' NoUe ' example for 'pure tone,' to be given also with full 'median stress.' contribute also to produce,... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...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. THE MINSTREL-BOY.— Moore. THE Minstrel-boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find... | |
 | 1864 - 402 pages
...Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee : Thou lovest — but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. Wakieg or asleep, Thou of death must deem Things more true...world should listen then, .as I am listening now. This, again, is true poetry, yet he who wrote these exquisite verses wrote also passages too blasphemous... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...cannot be: shadow of annoyance never came near thee: thou lovest; but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. Better than all measures of delightful sound, better...the world should listen then, as I am listening now! PB SHELLEY UP with me! up. with me into the clouds! for thy song, Lark, is strong; up with me, up with... | |
 | David Grant - 1865 - 428 pages
...Things more true and deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better...; Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, Die world would listen then, as I am listening now. SHELLEY. THE SKYLARK. JTHEREAL Minstrel! Pilgrim... | |
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