 | 1840 - 372 pages
...rain. Into this prince gently, oh, gently slide, And kiss himinto slumbers like a bride ! MELANCHOLY. HENCE, all you 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 gardiner - 1841 - 500 pages
...unbounded rules the main. The following, we believe, is from the pen of Ben Jonson : — Hence all ye vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein...There's nought in this life sweet, If man were wise to see 't, But only melancholy. Oh! sweetest Melancholy. Welcome folded arms and fixed eyes, A sigh that... | |
 | 1842 - 414 pages
...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 - 692 pages
...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 - 670 pages
...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 - 670 pages
...Passionate Madman,' an " Address to Melancholy," which is the perfection of this kind of writing. " Hence, all you vain delights , As short as are the...sweet, If man were wise to see't, But only melancholy, Oh, sweetest melancholy, Welcome folded arms and fixed eyes, A sight that piercing mortifies ; A look... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...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 - 372 pages
...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 - 278 pages
...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 - 280 pages
...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!... | |
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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... 
