 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...thence we bear the prophecy which begins and ends in thee! PB SHELLEY 1187 MELANCHOLY HENCE all your vain delights, as short as are the nights wherein...there's nought in this life sweet if man were wise to see't, but only melancholy, 472 Passages for Translation oh sweetest melancholy ! Welcome folded arms,... | |
 | 1864 - 742 pages
...Antony and Cleopatra. It is unnecessary to allude to Beaumont's lines to Melancholy— " Hence all ye vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly. There's naught in this life sweet, Had. we but wit to see it, But lovely melancholy, Oh, sweetest melancholy,"... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 pages
...and to these, therefore, we shall cunline our extracts.* ADDRESS TO MELANfHOL V. Hence, all you vnin delights; As short as are the nights Wherein you spend...There's nought in this life sweet, If man were wise to see't, I Botttr. tnif. t E««nillonm. t Br*d -HnzllU'i " Afe of Elizabeth," and Lamb'i •• lyeclniini... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 260 pages
...quaintest sadness • To see the conqueror upon her hearse To weep a funeral elegy of tears. FORD. HENCE all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly : There's naught in this life sweet, If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest melancholy !... | |
 | Bryher - 1920 - 212 pages
...Sampson's eyes grew as weary as her voice. But Nancy was murmuring to herself joyously, triumphantly : Hence all you vain delights, As short as are the nights...There's nought in this life sweet, If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy ; O sweetest melancholy ! Yes, pain was better than contentment if it meant... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...2. L. 53. 2 And melancholy is the nurse of frenzy. Taming of the Shrew. Induction. Sc. 2. L. 135. 3 — Night Thoughts. Night VL 177. s A Deity believed, is joy begun; A Deity adored, is joy advanced; A see 't, But only melancholy, Oh, sweetest melancholy! DR. STRODE — Song in Praise of MelaittMy. As... | |
 | Sir Henry John Newbolt - 1922 - 1032 pages
...Doting at the altar dies ; Ilion, in a short hour, higher He can build, and once more fire. MELANCHOLY HENCE, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly ! There's naught in this life sweet, If men were wise to see't, But only melancholy— O sweetest melancholy... | |
 | William Thomas Young - 1923 - 328 pages
...spoken Which being restrained, a heart is broken. J. FLETCHER From The Nice Valour, folio 1647 Heoce all . you. vain delights, As short as are the nights...There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't But only melancholy, Oh, sweetest melancholy. Welcome folded arms, and fixed eyes, A sigh that... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...to assail ye Here no bugles sound reveille. 1810. Sir Walter Scott MELANCHOLY From The Nice Valour HENCE, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly •' The Bridge There 's naught in this life sweet, If men were wise to see 't, But only melancholy... | |
 | Sir John Collings Squire - 1924 - 326 pages
...almost worn To the last laughter. Oh, keep a comer for a friend ; A jest may come hereafter. MELANCHOLY Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the...There's nought in this life sweet, If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, Oh, sweetest melancholy ! Welcome, folded arms, and fixed eyes, A sight... | |
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Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights, Wherein you spend your folly : There's nought in this life sweet If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, O sweetest Melancholy... 
