 Why do we live or die ? Who knows that secret deep ? Alas, not I ! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye ? Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet thoughts that quickly fly ? Why do our fond hearts cling To things that die ? We toil — through...  Merry's Gems of Prose and Poetry - 122. oldalszerző: John Newton Stearns - 1860 - 240 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | 1832 - 598 oldal
...Death's black wine. Hurrah ! — Hurrah .' Ilurralt!for t/te coal-black Wine ! LIFE. WE are bora ; we laugh ;. we weep ; We love . we droop ; we die...live, or die ? Who knows that secret deep ? Alas, not 1 ! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye .' Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet thoughts... | |
 | 1832 - 652 oldal
...philosopher, the philosopher a poet. He tells us some things which we knew before, as for instance, that we are born, we laugh, we weep, we love, we droop, we die ! — but he gives a novelty to his subject by putting the questions, wherefore are we born, wherefore... | |
 | 1845 - 778 oldal
...lines ; though what is natural and beautiful in the original, becomes ludicrous in lis imitator. *' We are born, we laugh, we weep; We love ; we droop...or die ? Who knows that secret deep? Alas ! not I ! " We toil through pain and wrong ; We fight; we fly; We love ; we lose ; and then, ere long, Stone-dead... | |
 | Camden Elizabeth Lambert - 1838 - 1014 oldal
...ainie. Andre' Ckfnin. We are born J — we laugh — we weep— We love — we droop— we die ; A!i ! wherefore do we laugh or weep ? Why do we live or die ? Who knows that secret deep ? Alas! not I. Barry Commit. To the anguish of disappointment was now added, in Albert's heart, the sting of jealousy.... | |
 | 1841 - 500 oldal
...me rejoice! jhaaket awake; She comet, at last—for Love*» tweet take .' LIFE.—Bv BARRY CORNWALL. We love; we droop; we die! Ah! wherefore do we laugh or weep ? We are born; we laugh; we weep; Why do we live or die T Who knows that secret deep 1 Alas, not I!... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 580 oldal
...thoughts, half hid in golden dreams, Which makes thrice fair the songs and stream* Of Air and Earth. LIFE WE are born ; we laugh ; we weep ; We love ;...Why do we live, or die ? Who knows that secret deep I Alas, not I ! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye T Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet... | |
 | 1889 - 562 oldal
...quoted in full. It d> eerres to be more generally known : — • • Folk tongs of Italy,' pp. 226-7. We are born, we laugh, we weep, We love, we droop,...Why do we live or die? Who knows that secret deep 1 Ala-, not 1 1 Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye? Wby do the radiant seasons bring Sweet... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - 1851 - 336 oldal
...night-fall, hear In the wizard forest near, When the charmed Maiden sings At the hidden springs ! CTIII.— LIFE. WE are born ; we laugh : we weep ; We love ;...wherefore do we laugh, or weep ? Why do we live, or die J Who knows that secret deep ? Alas, not I ! Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye '( Why... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 oldal
...glows in the works of some greater names. Barry Cornwall thus beautifully moralizes upon the brevity of life:— " We are born ; we laugh ; we weep ; We love...live or die? Who knows that secret deep? Alas, not 1 1 Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eya? Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet thoughts... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 314 oldal
...glows in the works of some greater names. Barry Cornwall thus beautifully moralizes upon the brevity of life:— " We are born ; we laugh ; we weep ; We love...live or die ? Who knows that secret deep ? Alas, not 1 1 Why doth the violet spring Unseen by human eye? Why do the radiant seasons bring Sweet thoughts... | |
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