Percy Bysshe Shelley - We look before and after, And pine for what is...

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.

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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.

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