| Edward Young - 1816 - 390 páginas
...vain. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
| 1838 - 884 páginas
...! Nor eye, nor listening car an object finds ; Crtation slecpi ! " The bell strikes — and " 'tis as if an angel spoke." " I feel the solemn sound —...is the knell of my departed hours : "Where are they ? \Vitli the hours before the flood 1 " Young, they say, was a disappointed man, and was world-sick... | |
| 1817 - 314 páginas
...give it then a tongue I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the knell of my departed hours. It is the signal that demands despatch: How much is to be done ? My hopes... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 páginas
...note' of time, But from its loss\ To give it then- a tongue', Is wise' in man. As if an angel' spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound'. If heard aright', It is the...knell of my departed hours\ Where are' they? with the^ears beyond the flood'. It is the signal' that demands despatch' : How much' is to be done ! my... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 páginas
...One. We take no note of time '• •> •'< .; ' But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, . : Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn...beyond the flood. " It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done? My hopes and fears i Start up alarm' d, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - 412 páginas
...vain. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn...How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm 'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — On what ? a fathomless abyss ! A dread eternity... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 284 páginas
...bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in num. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard...the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch : I low much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up ularm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Ix>ok... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 páginas
...take no note of time But by its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spake I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright It is the...the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch. DAY AND NIGHT. Gay. WHEN the gay sun first breaks the shades of night, And streaks the distant eastern... | |
| Edward Young - 1823 - 326 páginas
...no note of time But from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the...hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood. Her ceaselessflight, though devious, speaks her nature Of subtler essence than the trodden clod ; Active,... | |
| David Tenney Kimball - 1823 - 120 páginas
...friendship. ' The clock strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss : To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.' A bell, presented to the town by Hon. Richard Salstonstall, was rung in 1659 at nine o'clock in the... | |
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