| Homiletical illustrations - 1887 - 408 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...and o'er life's narrow verge, Look down— on what? a fathomless abyss, A dread eternity ! " Conviction seized the youth ; alarmed and terrified, he left... | |
| Aphorisms and apothegms - 1888 - 252 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 knell...; Where are they? With the years beyond the flood. Young, Art is long and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled... | |
| Charles Northend - Maxims - 1890 - 224 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...How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down—on what ? A fathomless abyss ! A dread eternity!... | |
| Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 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...How much is to be done! my hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and'o'er life's narrow verge ' Look down — on what? a fathomless abyss; A dread eternity;... | |
| Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 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...How much is to be done! my hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? a fathomless abyss; A dread eternity;... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 406 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 alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 464 pages
...We take no note of time Bat from its low : to give it then a tongue IB wise in man. As if an ángel spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It...are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is toe signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done t My hopes and feara Start tip alarm'd, and... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 638 pages
...no note of time Save 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...How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss ; A dread Eternity... | |
| Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 578 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 alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
| Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 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 alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
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