 | 1861 - 182 psl.
...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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 psl.
...not ; Our 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,...That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness ^rom my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now. KEATS. Keats, born in... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 psl.
...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...That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now. If there be anywhere... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1862 - 476 psl.
...some pain is fraught ; [thought. Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest VOL. in. 3 XIX. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ;...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... | |
 | 1863 - 438 psl.
...not : Our 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,...That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow The world should listen then, as I am listening now ! PB Shelley THE GREEN... | |
 | 1863 - 982 psl.
...look before and after And pine for what is not : Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught ; Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear ;...That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow The world should listen then, as I am listening now ! PB Shelley THE GREEN... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1863 - 564 psl.
...not ; Our 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,...skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach mo half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 psl.
...not : Our sincerest laughter With somc pain is fraught ; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride,...That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scomer of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness ' That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 psl.
...rainbow clouds there flow not Drops so bright to see, As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. " Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better...That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now." ' NoUe ' example for... | |
 | 1863 - 542 psl.
...; Our 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...Not to shed a 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... | |
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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. 
