 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...end'. 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, 1 feel the solemn...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... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 1 feel the eolemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up .alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...•'< .; ' 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...despatch : How much is to be done? My hopes and fears i Start up alarm' d, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — On what! a fathomless abyss; A dread... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...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...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch ; How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...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...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch ; , How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm 'd, and o'er life's narrow... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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 1 feel the solemn...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...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 aright, It is the...years beyond 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... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 234 pages
...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 knell...years beyond 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... | |
 | Edward Young - Bible - 1823 - 326 pages
...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, 1 feel the solemn...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,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...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...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ! Young's Night Thoughts, n. 1. Youth is not rich in time, it may... | |
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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? With the years beyond the flood... 
