 | Alexander Kelly McClure - 1894 - 312 Seiten
...and Mrs. Hemans sung ; and with what bitterness of soul did the perverted genius of Byron write — " And know, whatever thou hast been, Tis something better not to be." Cast your eyes across to uneasy Europe. Her unstable map seems about to be recast in deep lines of... | |
 | William Milligan - 1894 - 264 Seiten
...views of Pessimism ? Count o'er the joys thine eyes have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, "Tis something better not to be. 4. A fourth and last consideration, intended to bring home to his readers, not the fact, but the vast... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1894 - 608 Seiten
...those of Byron — " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free ; And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better — not to be." He believes himself able to prove, by an appeal to the experience both of individuals and of society,... | |
 | William Winter - 1895 - 380 Seiten
...four lines : — " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be." All that was implied in Irving's impersonation. He never missed the subtlety of the character. The... | |
 | John Watson - 1895 - 280 Seiten
...hopeless words — " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be." Nor is this view of life a plant of purely modern growth, for the chorus in the Oedipus Coloneus of... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 Seiten
...life and living woe. Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. AND THOU ART DEAD, AS YOUNG AS FAIR. AND thou art dead, as young and rair, As aught of mortal birth... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 Seiten
...life and living woe. Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. AND THOU ART DEAD, AS YOUNG AS FAIR. AND thou art dead, as young and fair, As aught of mortal birth... | |
 | Canon Farrar - 1897 - 76 Seiten
...English poet : " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free j And know whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be." But ask the Christian " Is life worth living ? " and he will answer : " Ay ! indeed, life is infinitely... | |
 | Samuel Zane Batten - 1898 - 330 Seiten
...disgust of life, say : " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from sorrow free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be." Hear also Shakespeare make Macbeth lament : " To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1899 - 196 Seiten
...despairing quatrain : Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. On a similar key, and in the closing year of his short life, he sums up his sad experiences in a single... | |
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Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen, Count o'er thy days from anguish free, And know, whatever thou hast been, 'Tis something better not to be. 
