| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...yellow " Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk II. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep ; and if I weep, Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, which we must steep First... | |
| William Bengo' Collyer - 1822 - 514 pages
...present pleasure by the fear of future punishment, let the following humiliating confession declare. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, Tis that I may not weep ; and if I weep, "Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy." [Ib. Canto IV. Stanza... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. IV. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep ; and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy, which we must steep First... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 324 pages
...pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to hurlesque. IV. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, "Tis that I may not weep; and if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always hring Itself to apathy, which we must steep First... | |
| Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 372 pages
...grief, or gladness ! — so it fling " Forgetfulness around me !" Childe Harold, Canto III. Stanza 4. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, " 'Tis that I may not weep ; — and if I weep, " 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring " Itself to apathy" &c. " the habit... | |
| Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 574 pages
...or gladness ! — so it fling " Forgetfulness around me !'' C/ii/dc Harold, Canto III. Stanza 4. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, " 'Tis that I may not wee]) ; — and if I weep,. " drive away the memory of it, and make " me forget. • " I will give... | |
| Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 pages
...grief, or gladness !—so it fling Forgetfulness around me.!" Childe Harold, Canto III. Stanza 4. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep;—and if I weep, "Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy" &c, Don Juan, Canto... | |
| Thomas Medwin - 1825 - 578 pages
...grief, or gladness ! — so it fling Forgetfulness around me !" Childe Harold, Canto III. Stanza 4. " And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep ; — and if I weep, Tis that our nature cannot always bring Itself to apathy" &c. Dim Juan, Canto... | |
| George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...things human: And the sad Iruth which hovers o'er 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 always bring Itself to apathy, which we must sleep First... | |
| George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...things human : And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque. And, if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may Dot weep ; and, if I weep, 'Tis that our nature cannot always bring % Itself to apathy, which we must... | |
| |