 | Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 էջ
...grief, or gladness ! — so it fling Forgetfulness around me !" Childe Harold, Canto III. Stanza 4. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may...that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy" &c. Dim Juan, Canto IV. Stanza 4. ' This day of ours has surely done Its worst for me and you ! 'Tis... | |
 | George Clinton - 1825 - 826 էջ
...the conviction which it has brought him of the uttcr vanity of all 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 not weep ; and, if I weep, 'Tis that our nature... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 էջ
...mellow, And other minds acknowledged my dominion: Now my sere fancy "falls into the yellow Leaf,"and ORUS. Sons of Greeks ! let us go In arms against the...their hated blood shall flow In a river past our feet. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that 1 may not weep ; and if I weep, 'Tis lhat our nature... | |
 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 էջ
...advancing age, and the conviction which it has brought him of the utter vanity of all things human : 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 Dot weep ; and, if I weep, 'Tis that our nature... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 622 էջ
...him 276 off, hranded and heart-stricken, from country and from homeAs he himself touchingly says, " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep." This laughter— which in such temperaments, ii the near neighhour of tears,— served as a diversion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 էջ
...mellow, And other minds acknowledged my dominion • Now my sere fancy " falls into the yellow Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth...burlesque. IV. 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,... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 էջ
...the sad trnth which hovers o'er my desk Tnrns what was once romantic to bnrlesqne. IV. And if I langh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep; and if I weep, 'Tis that onr natnre eannot always bring Itself to apathy, which we mnst steep First in the icy depths of Lethe's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 էջ
...nearest to the angelic nature : The vile are only vain ; the great are proud. " Marino Faltcro.] B 3 t. While youth's hot wishes in our red veins revel, We...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, 'Tis that our nature... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 400 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 - 1833 - 684 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... | |
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And if I laugh at any mortal thing, Tis that I may not weep... 
