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Слушать(AI)Joy thats half too keen and true
Joy that's half too keen, and true,
Makes us tears. Oh! the sweetness of the tears! If such joy at hand appears,
Snatch it, give thine all for it;
Joy that is so exquisite,
Lost, comes not new.
One blossom for a hundred years.
Grief that's fond and dies not
Makes delight. Oh! the pain of the delight! If thy grief be love's aright,
Tend it close and let it grow:
Grief so tender not to
Loses Love's boon.
Sweet Philomel sings all the night.
Augusta Davies Webster
Augusta Webster (30 January 1837 – 5 September 1894) was an English poet, dramatist, essayist, and translator. The daughter of Vice-admiral Geor
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