Quote#Children
Black Tragedy lets slip her grim disguise
Quote byThomas Bailey Aldrich · 1836–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Flower and Thorn (1882), "Quatrains 9. Masks", p. 86.
English (original)
Black Tragedy lets slip her grim disguise And shows you laughing lips and rougish eyes. But when, unmasked, gay Comedy appears, 'Tis ten to one you find the girl in tears.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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