 | 1816 - 832 sider
...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 G*NT. MAC. Decemter, l«16. Forgetfulaess around me— it shall seem , To me, though to none else,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 sider
...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...or gladness — so it fling Forgetfulness around me — it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. V. He , who grown aged in this... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 sider
...yellow " Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk II. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may...that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, which we must steep First in the icy depths of Lethe's spring Ere what we least wish to behold will... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 sider
...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...gladness — so it fling Forgetfulness around me— it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. Y. • He, who grown aged in this... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 514 sider
...present pleasure by the fear of future punishment, let the following humiliating confession declare. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, Tis that I may...our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy." [Ib. Canto IV. Stanza IV.] Such is not the experience of the Christian, who, weeping with those that... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 sider
...pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. IV. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may...that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, which we must steep First in the icy depths of Lethe's spring Ere what we least wish to behold will... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 sider
...worst for me and you ! 'Tis Tiov/jive years since we were one,' And four since we were two." 1 * " So that it wean me from the weary dream Of selfish...if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep;—and if I weep, "Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy" &c, Don Juan, Canto... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 324 sider
...pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to hurlesque. IV. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, "Tis that I may...and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always hring Itself to apathy, which we must steep First in the icy depths of Lethe's spring, Ere what we... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 574 sider
...is the most " wretched day of my existence ; and I " say and do all sorts of foolish things* to * " So that it wean me from the weary dream " Of selfish...gladness ! — so it fling " Forgetfulness around me !'' C/ii/dc Harold, Canto III. Stanza 4. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, " 'Tis that I may not... | |
 | George Clinton - 1825 - 826 sider
...things human: And the sad Iruth 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, which we must sleep First in the icy depths of Lethe's spring Ere what we least wish to bf.hold will... | |
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He, who grown aged in this world of woe, In deeds, not years, piercing the depths of life, So that no wonder waits him ; nor below Can love, or sorrow, fame, ambition, strife... 
