 O, give her, then, her tribute just, Her sighs and tears, and musings holy ! There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in Melancholy.  Humorous Poems - Pagina xviiidoor Thomas Hood - 1893 - 236 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Thomas Hood - 1827 - 180 pagina’s
...tears, and musings ho y ! There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in Melancholy. SONNET ON MISTRESS NICELY, A. PATTERN FOR HOUSEKEEPERS. Written after seeing Mrs. Davenport in the... | |
 | W. S. Matthews, Thomas Rawson Taylor - 1836 - 406 pagina’s
...feel, that " There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely :'' that "There's not a string attuned to Mirth, But has its chord in Melancholy." MEMINISSE JUVABIT. . i PRINTER BV JOHN DALE, BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE. ... | |
 | 1842 - 504 pagina’s
...tears, and musings holy ! There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in Melancholy. ODE. Oh! well may poets make a fuss In summer time, and sigh, "O rus!" Of London pleasures sick : My... | |
 | 1862 - 670 pagina’s
...tears and musings holy. There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely : There's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord in melancholy. T. HOOD. TENNYSON'S POEMS. — In England the first general collection of Tennyson's miscellaneous... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagina’s
...tears, and musings holy ! There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in melancholy. I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I ni <ii M :ii -i, I remember, The house where I was bom. The liltle window... | |
 | 1845 - 614 pagina’s
...tears, and musings holy ! There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in melancholy. TOWELCOME, dear Heart, and a most kind good morrow; The day is gloomy, but our looks shall shine :... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pagina’s
...tears, and musings holy ! There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in melancholy. I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I REMEMRER, I remember, The house where I was bom, The little window where... | |
 | 1846 - 588 pagina’s
...tears, and musings holy I There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in Melancholy.' Among Mr Hood's ' Poems' there are several Sonnets ; but we can scarcely say that he has overcome the... | |
 | Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 pagina’s
...tears, and musings holy 1 There is no music in the life That sounds with idiot laughter solely ; There's not a string attuned to mirth, But has its chord in melancholy." Towards the close of Hood's life, while he was still popularly known as a humourist, there appeared... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 pagina’s
...FOURTH STAGE. There is - no - music - in the life That sounds - with idiot-laughter - solely ; There's - not - a string - attuned - to mirth — But - has - its chord - in melancholy. The principal - rule - for guiding - our choice - of words - with a view - to Energy, - is - to prefer... | |
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