...vain I would essay as I have sung to sing. Yet, though a dreary strain, to this I cling ; So that il wean me from the weary dream Of selfish grief or gladness — so it fling Forgetfulness around me — it shall seem To me, though no one else, a not ungrateful theme. He, who grown aged in this world...

...recollection of his frequent exhibitions of unaffected hysteria, we accept his own confession — " If I laugh at any mortal thing, "Tis that I may not weep " — as a perfectly sincere comment on the most sincere, and therefore in many respects the most effective,...

...in The Age of Bronze. 19 Thus he strikes basically the same pose as Byron when he says in Don Juan: 'and if I laugh at any mortal thing, / 'Tis that I may not weep'. 80 These lines explain the reason for the irony of Don Juan and apply equally well to Magrico. It is...

...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. . . . [4.3-4] Byron goes on to defend his strange and complex point of view and the art form that has...

...sad face and wondered if she had ever read Byron's Don Juan and, if so, had she paused at the line And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'tis that I may not weep. 18 On the way to the airport, Michael loosened his tie and was relieved to discover that the constriction...

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...that in vain ?u 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 Forgetful ness around me — it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. V He,...

...bosom of the North, So shall a better spring less bitter fruit bring forth.' 1 Written in Italy. 3 'And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.' his 'death a victory.' When he heard the cry of nationality and liberty burst forth in the land he...

...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 35 Forgetfulness around me - it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. He,...

...like Byron's attempt to recover a sense of self. In stanza 4. we are told that the poet is writing 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 (Byron l980:78). The wish to forget...