 | 1857 - 850 pagina’s
...stirrings of memory and melancholy which the early season causes in* most of us. " We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our i.irr,/f:,i tongs are those that tell of laddesl thought. Most people who have any sympathy with sounds... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pagina’s
...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...could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were tilings born • Not to shed a tear, 1 know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all... | |
 | 1858 - 448 pagina’s
...stanzas in the whole poem are the one or two without therjij as for instance : " 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." The same may be said of Tennyson. Compare him with himself in such poems as "... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1858 - 168 pagina’s
...after so many ages the curse of the world, the proof of its emptiness. Still — "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." Do we ever see any one who appears to have found rest and satisfaction... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pagina’s
...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...Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pagina’s
...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...pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that toll of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Better... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pagina’s
...stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our siucerest laughter With some pain ls fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of...Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. ALICE RAY— MHS. SARAH J. HALE.... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pagina’s
...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 With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs arc those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pagina’s
...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...If we were things born Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 pagina’s
...flow in such ,1 crystal ctream ? We look before aud after, And pine for what is not ; Our sinccrest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest...Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful... | |
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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. 
