 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. Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear,...  The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900 - Page 685edited by - 1902 - 1084 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip A. Verhalen - Religion - 1998 - 250 pages
...occasions. Our teacher in this lesson of life is Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God. We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter...The world should listen then, as I am listening now! Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) 116 PRAYER TWO Oracle for Peace The ancient Jews as well as any oppressed... | |
 | Mary Oliver - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 212 pages
...pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should corne near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound,...world should listen then — as I am listening now. Richard Wilbur I read how Quixote in his random ride Came to a crossing once, and lest he lose The... | |
 | Frances Mayes - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 548 pages
...or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. Chorus hymeneal, Or triumphal chant, Matched with thine would be all But an empty vaunt, A thing...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. IAMBIC TRIMETER ( - 7 - 7 -' ) The three-foot iambic is also a brief line length. The meter and shortness... | |
 | 2005 - 334 pages
...orgullo y el temor, si pudiéramos nacer para jamás llorar, no sé como podríamos llegar a tu alegría. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better...The world should listen then, as I am listening now! Mejor que todas las cadencias de sonidos placenteros, mejor que todos los tesoros que en los libros... | |
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