 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 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 hall, Thou aged carle so stern and gray ! Dost thou I My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what IA fathomless... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1844 - 846 pages
...spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they 1 With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal...and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — On what ? a fathomless abyss; A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner... | |
 | Child rearing - 1844 - 332 pages
...no note ot 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...With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal which demands despatch. How much is to be done! DR. YOUNG. C Written for the Young Lady's Friend.]... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 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 $ sigiml that demands despatch: How much is to be done Ï My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...avigel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright It is the knell of my departed hours. Where arc they ? With the years beyond the flood. 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! (I) A dread eternity... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 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...Where are they? — With the years beyond the flood ! " Stow : " This is the place, the centre of the grove : Here stands the oak, the monarch of the wood.... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...from its loss : to give it, then, a tongue, [ms] Is wise | in man. As if an angel | spoke I! [pq] I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, * It is the...Where are they ? — With the years beyond the flood." * These marks indicate [xx] 'very soft,' [0J 'very low', [= ] 'very slow '; [ms] ' median stress ';... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 440 pages
...from its loss : to give it, then, a tongue, [ms] Is wise | in man. As if an angel | spoke II [pq] I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, * It is the...hours. Where are they ? — With the years beyond the fl6od." The first five of the properties of voice which have been enumerated, are the ground of the... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 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... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...wise in man. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright', 5 It is the knell of fhy departed hours*. Where are they' ? With the years...much is to be done ? My hopes and fears' Start up alarmed', and o'er life's narrow verge 10 Look down' — on whatv ? A fathomless abyss*. A dread eternity*... | |
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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... 
