 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 342 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...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... | |
 | 1882 - 1434 էջ
...Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom. j. BOVEE— Summaries of Thought. Cheerfulneas. eeler Hoyt k. BVBON— Don Juan. Canto IV. St. 4. Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose. Breathes the keen... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 էջ
...world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those who feel. Letter to Sir Horace Mann, 1770. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep." BVRON: Don Juan, IV. 4. Walpole also wrote, "In my youth, I thought of writing a satire upon mankind;... | |
 | Autumn leaves - 1882 - 210 էջ
...did perfume the air, Sacred and sweet was all I saw in her.' 2. ' A turn for punning, call it .' 3. ' And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once .' 4. ' Let me play the fool, With age and wrinkles let sage counsels come.' 5. ' Fare thee well, and... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 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...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 cannot... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 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...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 cannot... | |
 | Cesare Cantù - 1883 - 122 էջ
...foundation of all religion. (2)"Now, my sere fancy falls into the yellow leaf, And imagination droops his pinion, And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk, Turns what was once romantic to burlesque." Don Juan, Canto 4. Only 50 copies of this poem were first intended to be printed for private circulation.... | |
 | 1883 - 778 էջ
...recollection of his frequent exhibitions of unaffected hysteria, we accept his own confession — " If I laugh at any mortal thing, Tis that I may not weep " — as a perfectly sincere comment on the most sincere, and therefore in many respects the most effective,... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 690 էջ
...fact I must not lead the life I do." And again: — " Now my sere fancy ' falls into the yellow Leaf,' and imagination droops her pinion: And the sad truth,...desk, Turns what was once romantic to burlesque." THE WORN-OUT STEED. Re wise and release from the chariot in time thy aged steed, lest he become the... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - 1884 - 694 էջ
...fact I must not lead the life I do." And again: — " Now my sere fancy ' falls into the yellow Leaf,' and imagination droops her pinion: And the sad truth,...desk, Turns what was once romantic to burlesque." THE WORN-OUT STEED. Re wise and release from the chariot in time thy aged steed, lest he become the... | |
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And if I laugh at any mortal thing, Tis that I may not weep... 
