We look before and after, And pine for what.... : Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley

“ We look before and after, And pine for what is not:Our sincerest laughterWith some pain is fraught;Our sweetest songs are those that tell Of saddest thought.Yet if we could scornHate, and pride, and fear;If we were things bornNot to shed a tear,I know not how thy joy we everShould come near. ”

Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • From : The Skylark and Adonais - With Other Poems
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