We look before and afterAnd pine for what is notOur sincerest laughterWith some pain is fraughtOur sweetest songs are those that tell Of saddest thought.

We look before and after
And pine for what is not
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught
Our sweetest songs are those that tell
Of saddest thought.
Percy Bysshe Shelley

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We look before and afterAnd pine for what is notOur sincerest laughterWith some pain is fraughtOur sweetest songs are those that tell Of saddest thought. Percy Bysshe Shelley

We look before and after
And pine for what is not
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught
Our sweetest songs are those that tell
Of saddest thought.
Percy Bysshe Shelley