George Gordon Noel Byron ( 10 of 329 )
Think not I am what I appear.
Think not I am what I appear.
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
Besides, they always smell of bread and butter.
Besides, they always smell of bread and butter.
These two hated with a hate
Found only on the stage.
These two hated with a hate
Found only on the stage.
Be hypocritical, be cautious, be
Not what you seem but always what you see.
Be hypocritical, be cautious, be
Not what you seem but always what you see.
Farce follow'd Comedy, and reach'd her prime.
In ever-laughing Foote's fantastic time;
Mad wag! who pardon'd none, read more
Farce follow'd Comedy, and reach'd her prime.
In ever-laughing Foote's fantastic time;
Mad wag! who pardon'd none, nor spared the best,
And turn'd some very serious things to jest.
Nor church nor state escaped his public sneers,
Arms nor the gown, priests, lawyers, volunteers;
"Alas, poor Yorick!" now forever mute!
Whoever loves a laugh must sigh for Foote.
We smile, perforce, when histrionic scenes
Ape the swoln dialogue of kings and queens,
When "Chrononhotonthelogos must die,"
And Arthur struts in mimic majesty.
The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!
The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
As good as a play.
As good as a play.
Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.
