 | 1816 - 572 pages
...tears, And tho' the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. ' Tho' wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast » Through midnight...wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath. ' Oh could I feel as I have felt, — or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once... | |
 | Books - 1816 - 574 pages
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 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1817 - 212 pages
...And tho' the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. 4. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight...wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath. jT » 5. Oh could I feel as I have felt, — or be what I have been, Or weep as I could... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...still, 'tis where the ice appears. Tho' wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the hreast, Through midnight hours that yield no more their former...turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, hut worn and grey beneath. Oh could I feel as I have felt, — or he what I have been, Or weep as I... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. 4. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight...hours that yield no more their former hope of rest ; 'Tls but as ivy-leaves around the ruin'd turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 304 pages
...And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. 4. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight...worn and gray beneath. 5. Oh could I feel as I have felt,—or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once have wept, o'er many a .vanish'd scene: As... | |
 | mrs. Ross - 1821 - 688 pages
...daily more convinced, that Miss Avondel was afflicted. 201 CHAP. XII. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight...wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath. LORD UVKON. EDITH AVONDEL was pronounced, not by Ann only, but by all the family of Fitzelm,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...appears. 4Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight Lours that yield no more their former hope of rest ; 'Tis...wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and grey beneath. 5. Oh could I feel as I have felt, — or be what I have been, Or weep as I could once... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appeal's. 4. Though wit may flash from fluent lips, and mirth distract the breast, Through midnight...yield no more their former hope of rest ; "Tis but as ivy-kaves around the ruin'd turret wreath, All green and wildly fresh without, but worn and gray beneath.... | |
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Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself comes down ; It cannot feel for others' woes, it dare not dream its own ; That heavy chill has frozen o'er the fountain of our tears, And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears. 
