 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - Liczba stron: 622
...contrasting the poetry we have just inserted, with a song, by Fletcher, on a similar subject. PAS. (Singi.) Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the...sweet, If man were wise to see't But only melancholy! Welcome, folded arms, and fixed eyes, A sigh that piercing mortifies, A look that's fastened to the... | |
 | 1842 - Liczba stron: 414
...equally fine are the following beautiful lines from a play of Beaumont and Fletcher. Hence, all yon vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly ! There's nought in this hie sweete, If man were wise to see'l, But only melancholy ; Oh, sweetest melancholy! Welcome folded... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Liczba stron: 692
...of the ' Faithful Shepherdess :' some are here subjoined : — \_Mdanclwbi."] I Khun' Nice Valour.') ddrai to the Sun.'] [From ' Fnradiw Lost.'] 0 thou, that, with surpassing glory crown 1 There's nought in this life sweet, If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy ! Welcome, folded... | |
 | 1862 - Liczba stron: 670
...gathering all the fruits of peace anil crowned with all her fiowen. ODE TO MELANCHOLY. HENCE all yon 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. Oh, sweetest melancholy... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - Liczba stron: 232
...to give some idea of the lighter productions of the Muse in the period before us, in order to show that grace and elegance are not confined entirely...short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly Thwfe's nought in this life sweet, If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, Oh, sweetest melancholy,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - Liczba stron: 372
...such a descent from their height, while listening to their diviner moods. MELANCHOLY. BY BEAUMONT. Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the...spend your folly; There's nought in this life sweet, Were men but wise to see 't, But only Melancholy; O sweetest Melancholy! Welcome, folded arms and fix^d... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - Liczba stron: 372
...such a descent from their height, while listening to their diviner moods. MELANCHOLY. BY BEAUMONT. Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the...spend your folly ; There's nought in this life sweet, Were men but wise to see 't, * But only Melancholy ; O sweetest Melancholy ! Welcome, folded arms and... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - Liczba stron: 278
...such a descent from their height, while listening to their diviner moods. MELANCHOLY. BY BEAUMONT. Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly ; There's naught in this life sweet, Were men but wise to see 't, But only Melancholy ; 0 sweetest Melancholy... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - Liczba stron: 278
...the loathsome pottage of the praise and profligacy of the court of James I. MELANCHOLY. BY BEAUMONT. Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly; There's naught in this life sweet, Were men but wise to see 't, But only Melancholy; O sweetest Melancholy... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - Liczba stron: 278
...the loathsome pottage of the praise and profligacy of the court of James I. MELANCHOLY. BY BEAUMONT. Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly; There's naught in this life sweet, Were men but wise to see 't, But only Melancholy; 0 sweetest Melancholy... | |
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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 ; Oh ! sweetest melancholy. 
