 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...the conquerors— (1. 127-128) 71 We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest th P. Hazen of saddest thought. (1. 86-90) 72 Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious... | |
 | 1994 - 1952 Seiten
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 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1994 - 752 Seiten
...notes flow in such a crystal stream? We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 90 Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not... | |
 | Philip Smith - 1995 - 116 Seiten
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 | Suzanne R. Kirschner - 1996 - 260 Seiten
...emotions take their meaning only in relation to their opposites. As Shelley wrote in "To a Skylark": Yet if we could scorn Hate and pride and fear If we were things bom Not to shed a tear I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.73 71 In Poetry and Prose, p.... | |
 | Mary Oliver - 1998 - 212 Seiten
...dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream? And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs...shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should corne near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are... | |
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We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. 
