| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 396 sider
...cast him off, branded and heart-stricken, from country and from home. As he himself touchingly says, " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, "Tis that I may not weep." This laughter, — which, in such temperaments, is the near neighbour of tears, — served as a diversion... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 sider
...he, that in vain I would essay as I have sung to sing. Yet, though a dreary strain, to this I eling 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. He, who grown aged in this world... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 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 Forgetfulne.ss around me — it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. V. He, who grown aged in this... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 sider
...be, that in vain 1 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 Forgctfulness around me — it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. V. He,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 sider
...country which had been one of slavery for centuries," he adds, " But there is no freedom, even for " And If I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep." ] This laughter, — which, in such temperaments, is the near neighbour of tears, — served as a diversion... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 sider
...be, that in vaiii I would essay as I have sung to sing. Yet, though a dreary strain, to this I cling flit as they're borne, And the neigh of the steed,...the multitude's hum. And the clash, and the shout, " — it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. V. He, who grown aged in this... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 sider
...clear and noble thought has been produced. — MOORE ] Yet, though a dreary strain, to this I cling, s — 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 - 1843 - 548 sider
...would essay as I have sung to sing. Y«t,"though a dreary strain, to this I cling, . ' So mat it ween me from the weary dream Of selfish grief or gladness — so it fling Forgetfulness around me — it shall seem To me, though to none else, a not ungrateful theme. He, who grown aged in this world... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 sider
...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 not weep ; and if I weep, "Tls that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we must steep Our hearts first In the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 sider
...country which had been one of slavery for centuries," he adds, " But there Is m< freedom, even for 0 ' " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep." > This laughter, — which, in such temperaments, is the near neighbour of tears, — served as a diversion... | |
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