Possible Clues:

• Enjoyment before almost everyone becomes gloomy
• Entertaining -- before a Liberal becomes dismal
• Very slow enjoyment at last became genuine
• Amusing monarch brewed ale that's dark
• Enjoyment before Capone becomes gloomy
• Slow and enjoyable breakfast dish, not cold
• Loud music from a foreign capital is not lively
• Sombre, mournful
• Such a grave matter is not at all grave with a twisted leer