1840s, The Song of the Shirt (1843)
Opening address to the National Day of Prayer in Suva, 15 May 2005 (excerpts) http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_4607.shtml
“Thus grief still treads upon the heels of pleasure;
Married in haste, we may repent at leisure.”
Act V, scene viii. Compare: "Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure", William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, Act iii, scene 2
The Old Bachelor (1693)
I. H. Bromley, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“My joy, my grief, my hope, my love,
Did all within this circle move!”
On a Girdle (1664), st. 2.
Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham (1857)
“Only tragedy allows the release
Of love and grief never normally seen.”
Song lyrics, The Dreaming (1982)
Context: Only tragedy allows the release
Of love and grief never normally seen.
I didn't want to let them see me weep,
I didn't want to let them see me weak,
But I know I have shown
That I stand at the gates alone.
Source: Resignation (1849), l. 215-218
“Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.”
Source: Half of a Yellow Sun
“Hope conquers cowardice, joy grief;
Or at least, faith unbelief.”
Easter Day II, l. 34-35.
