 Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to...  The National Review - Page 377edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...sinccrest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ;...Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Onr sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ;...things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joys we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures... | |
 | Bookbinding, Victorian - 1861 - 182 pages
...sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest (.bought. Yet, if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear,...things born Not to shed a tear, — I know not how thy joys we ever should come near. THE SKYLARK. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pages
...sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1861 - 314 pages
...pain is fraught ; Our fweeteft fongs are thofe which tell of faddeft thought. Yet if we could fcorn Hate, and pride, and fear, — If we were things born Not to fhed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all meafures Of delightful... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 578 pages
...sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ;...Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1862 - 592 pages
...pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scern Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born...Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1862 - 476 pages
...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should comi xx. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are...found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the gi XXI. Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1862 - 470 pages
...Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest VOL. in. 3 XIX. Yet if we could scorn Hate, arid pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not ho\^ thy joy we ever should come near. xx. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than... | |
 | Great Britain - 1863 - 542 pages
...laughter With some pain is fraught ; — Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear, If...tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near." How strong is the contrast with Wordsworth's " Skylark" I Shelley's is far the more wonderful poem,... | |
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