 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1833 - 678 էջ
...cast him off, branded and heartstricken, 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, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 358 էջ
...mellow, And other minds acknowledged my dominion : Now my sere fancy " falls into the yellow Leaf,"( 2 ) and Imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth...my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. IV. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep; and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 396 էջ
...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 - 1839 - 782 էջ
...says, 1 f" Now my icre fancy ' falli into the yellow Leaf,' and Imagination droops her pinion, And ill- sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque : And if 1 laugh at any mortal thing, TIs that I may not weep ; and if I weep, "Tls that our nature cannot always... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 էջ
...and from home. As he himself touchingly says, 1 f" Now my sere fancy ' falls Into the yellow Leaf/ and Imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth...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... | |
 | William Leslie Fletcher - 1844 - 220 էջ
...lie. " 6. T. MAMH.KV, Hon. Sec. SNATCHES OF HUMOUR. Now my sear fancy falls into " the yellow Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion. And the sad truth...*** * And if I laugh at any mortal thing, "Tis that 1 may not weep. * * * Byron. SNATCHES OF HUMOUR. imftout a You have asked for a verse ; I'll compose... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 էջ
...Leaf,' and Imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth which hoven o'er my deak Turns what was onee romantic to burlesque : And If I laugh at any mortal thing, 'TIs that 1 may not weep -. and If I weep, 'Tls that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, for we... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1845 - 500 էջ
...sympathy and sorrow shuddering down the wind on it as it dies away. More truly than Byron might he say, " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'tis that I may not weep." For our parts, we love to see this great spirit, as he stands beside the boiling abyss of the French... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1846 - 508 էջ
...sympathy and sorrow shuddering down the wind on it as it dies away. More truly than Byron might he say, " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'tis that I may not weep." For our parts, we love to see this great spirit, as he stands beside the boiling abyss of the French... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1849 - 390 էջ
...mello\ And other minds acknowledged my dominion : Now my sere fancy " falls into the yellow Leaf," 2 and Imagination droops her pinion. And the sad truth...to burlesque. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'T is that I may not weep ; and if I weep, T is that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy,... | |
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Leaf,' and Imagination droops 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... 
