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Sadness: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping?— ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD — Hymns in

Prose. XIII. Of all tales 'tis the saddest-and more sad, Because it makes us smile.— BYRON — Don Juan. Canto XIII. St. 9.

A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.— LONGFELLOW — The Day is Done. St. 3.

They praise my rustling show, and never see My heart is breaking for a little love.— CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI — TO L. E. L.

Yet be sad, good brothers, * * * * * * Sorrow so royally in you appears, That I will deeply put the fashion on.— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. II. Act V. Sc. 2. L.49.

We look before and after, And sigh for what is not, Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught: Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.— SHELLEY — To a Skylark. St. 18.

'Tis impious in a good man to be sad.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night IV. L. 676.