Weep on! and as thy sorrows flow,
I 'll taste the luxury of woe.
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
-- Anacreontic
I 'll taste the luxury of woe.
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
-- Anacreontic
Related:
- Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes;
Flow gently,
I 'll sing thee a song in thy praise. -- Robert Burns... - This world is all a fleeting show,
For man's illusion given;
The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine... - To live with them is far less sweet
Than to remember thee.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- I saw thy... - Oh, weep for the hour
When to Eveleen's bower
The lord of the valley with false vows came.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Eveleen's... - And weep the more, because I weep in vain.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771)
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Sonnet, On the Death of Mr.... - To sigh, yet feel no pain;
To weep, yet scarce know why;
To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw... - Weep no more, lady, weep no more,
Thy sorrowe is in vaine;
For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers Will ne'er... - Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
-- Robert Herrick (1591-1674)
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Sorrows... - I was sitting in the lap of luxury-
and then luxury stood up...
