| Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 512 páginas
...requiem become a sod." In such an ecstasy. —with the conclusion of the " Ode to the Skylark"•!— " Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If...to 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... | |
| David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 páginas
...cerest 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 iiot to shed a tear; I know not how thy joys we ever should come near. Better than all measures of... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 páginas
...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 bora Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1857 - 488 páginas
...cannot be ; Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee. Thou lovest, but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. 7. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! 8. Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must... | |
| 1858 - 460 páginas
...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 tilings born • Not to shed a tear, 1 know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 páginas
...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 ;...tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures . That in books are found,... | |
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1868 - 592 páginas
...or books ! Better it is for once to see the bees improve the shining hour than to do it ourselves. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found is the music with which earth and air are ringing. That blackbird in the tall pear tree is drunk with... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 páginas
...laughter With some pain is fraught: Our tweetft son^t are those which tell of saddest thought. Vet if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear ; If we were things born Not to ahed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Setter than all measure* Of delightful... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 páginas
...sincerest laughter With some 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 than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 páginas
...siucerest laughter With some pain ls fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ;...tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. ALICE RAY— MHS. SARAH J. HALE. The birds their love-notes warblo Among the blossomed trees ; The... | |
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