Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r The moping owl does to the moon complain.
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Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain.
thomas grayFor I have a song to sing,O!? It is sung to the moon By a love-lorn loon, Who fled from the mocking throng,O! It's the song of a merryman moping mum, Whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum Who sipped no sup and who craved no crumb, As he sighed for the love of a ladye!
Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck) GilbertWhenever you're called on to make up your mind, and you're hampered by not having any, the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find, is simply by spinning a penny. No not so that chance shall decide the affair while you're passively standing there moping; but the moment the penny is up in the air, you suddenly know what you're hoping
piet heinmoping melancholy And moon-struck madness.
john miltonmoping melancholy, And moon-struck madness.
john milton