“O Trade, O Trade! Would thou wert dead!
The time needs heart — 'tis tired of head.”
Sidney Lanier (1842–1881) American musician, poet
"The Symphony" (1875).
Poetry
“What fond and wayward thoughts will slide
Into a lover's head!
"O mercy!" to myself I cried,
"If Lucy should be dead!"”
— William Wordsworth, book Lyrical Ballads
Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known, st. 7 (1799).
Lyrical Ballads (1798–1800)
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