 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes one — We take no note of time, 55 But from its loss — To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man — As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they? With... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...misers to their gold, while others rest. (A mind that fain would wander from its woe) Lead it thro' various scenes of Life and Death} And from each scene,...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they? With... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...To lighten, and to chear. O lead my mind, (A mind that fain would wander from its woe) Lead it thro' various scenes of Life and Death; And from each scene,...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they? With... | |
 | Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...To lighten, and to chear. O lead my mind, (A mind that fain would wander from its woe) Lead it thro' various scenes of Life and Death ; And from each scene,...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they? With... | |
 | James Burgh - Elocution - 1804 - 308 pages
...MEDITATION. From Young's NIGHT THOUGHTS, Alarm. A HE clock strikes one. We take no note of time, But by its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ?—... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...Wisdom to wed, and pay her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd ()n this-devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes one. We...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...to thee, her trust, her treasure, As misers to their gold, while others rest. Through this opaque cf nature and of soul, This double night, transmit one...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they? With... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...Ijt-ud it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire. Jfor less inspire my conduct than my song ; Teach my best...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With... | |
 | 1809 - 592 pages
...passage from Dr. Young's Night Thoughts, very forcibly exhibits both the emphatic and sentential pauses: The bell strikes One ! We take no note of time But...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1809 - 594 pages
...from Dr. Young's Night Thoughts, very k forcibly exhibits both the emphatic and sentential pauses : The bell strikes One ! We take no note of time But...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. , Where are they? With... | |
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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 sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they? 
