 | 1863 - 542 psl.
...him into utter dejection before this most marvellous of English lyrics closes : " We look before and after, And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter...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 could come near." How strong is the contrast... | |
 | 1863 - 438 psl.
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? We look before and after And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...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... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1863 - 542 psl.
...utter dejection before this most marvellous of English lyrics closes : " We look before and after, Aud pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With...could scorn Hate and pride and fear, If we were things boru Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near." How strong is the contrast... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 psl.
...crystal stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With somc pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that...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... | |
 | Anne Judith Penny - 1863 - 190 psl.
...says Bacon ; who thinks to be so now ? Perhaps one or two of those whom the * ' We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...is fraught, Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought." world calls dreamers : but the ambition of Alfieri* would be strange to many of... | |
 | 1863 - 392 psl.
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. •we ever could come near. ig;, and fear; .ou scorner of the ground ! ;p; gladness... | |
 | 1864 - 402 psl.
...deep Than we mortals dream ; Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 psl.
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of... | |
 | Charles Bilton - 1866 - 264 psl.
...shapes of sky or plain ? What love of thine own kind ? what ignorance of pain ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever could come near. Better than all measures Of... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 psl.
...deep Than we mortals dream, Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream ? We look before and after, And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter...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... | |
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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. 
