“And, ev'n while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy.”
Oliver Goldsmith The Deserted Village
Source: The Deserted Village (1770), Line 263.
“And there is ev'n a happiness
That makes the heart afraid!”
Ode to Melancholy http://www.gerald-massey.org.uk/eop_hood_poetical_works_2.htm#057, st. 6 (1827). <br class="br">1820s
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