 Go — you may call it madness, folly ; You shall not chase my gloom away. There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay.  Poems - Page 34by Samuel Rogers - 1839 - 48 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lew Wallace - Authors, American - 1906 - 536 pages
...now than formerly. A pleasing contemplation I love to indulge. A feeling well expressed in the verse: "'Go, you may call it madness, folly, You shall not...charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could be gay.' " Perhaps at this moment one I admire at West Point is gazing on the same lovely orb, perhaps in the... | |
 | John Roy Musick - United States - 1908 - 458 pages
...breathed a fervent prayer. CHAPTER VH. IN WIDOW'S WEEDS. Go ; you may call it madness, folly ; You may not chase my gloom away. There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay. —ROGERS. DOROTHE STEVENS was not a woman to take misfortune much to heart. She watched the ship in... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 792 pages
...to lessen thy prosperity. — He goes always heavy loaded, and Hi. .u must bear half. — Ffitelon. u the country.— AB AlcoU. COURAGE COURTESY. God made : there is such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay. — Rogers. People of gloomy,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 774 pages
...to lessen thy prosperity. — He goes always heavy loaded, and thou must bear half. — Fenelan. Yon h0 : there is such a charm in melancholy, I wunld not, if I could, be gay. — Rogers. People of gloomy,... | |
 | Commercial travellers - 1909 - 419 pages
...the broadest hint cannot suppress, so innocent and obtuse are some offenders in this respect : — Go — you may call it madness ; folly, You shall...charm in melancholy I would not, if I could, be gay. Perhaps, however, many of us are transgressors in this respect to a greater or lesser extent, and apt... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1911 - 642 pages
...shade ; These simple joys, that never fail, Shall bind me to my native vale. S. ROGERS. 778. MELANCHOLY Go — you may call it madness, folly ; You shall...pensive pleasure That fills my bosom when I sigh, S. ROGERS. 779. MINE BE A COT BESIDE THE HILL MINE be a cot beside tho hill ; A bee-hive's hum shall... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1911 - 784 pages
...never-varying lines, And we grow melancholy. 3182 William Oullen Bryant: Conj. of Jupiter .and Venu* Go, you may call it madness, folly, — You shall...charm in melancholy. I would not, if I could, be gay I 3183 Rogers: To . MELROSE ABBEY. If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1911 - 784 pages
...never-varying lines, And we grow melancholy. 3182 William Cullen Bryant: Conj. of Jupiter and Venus Go, yon may call it madness, folly, — You shall not chase...charm in melancholy. I would not, if I could, be gay ! 3183 Rogers: To , MELROSE ABBEY. If thou would'st view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale... | |
 | Franklin Pierce Adams - American poetry - 1912 - 172 pages
...phantom of fear. 0 Dolores, the toe of mistle! Christmas comes! and but once a year. After Samuel Rogers Go! you may call it madness, folly; You shall not...charm in melancholy I would not, if I could, be gay. For me the month is never May. Fate hurls at me a daily volley. The nights are black, the noons are... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1913 - 264 pages
...green; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods. Pope. Go, you may call it madness, folly, — You shall...charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay! — To lend our hearts and spirits wholly To the influence of mild-minded melancholy; To muse and brood... | |
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