 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue 55 Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the...the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : 60 How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 788 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 ! — Young. Time is lent us to be laid out iu Qod's service, and we cannot be too diligent ш it,... | |
 | Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 776 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...signal that demands despatch ; how much is to be done ! — Young. Time is lent us to be laid out in God'e service, and we cannot be too diligent in it,... | |
 | Adeline M. Butterworth - Didactic poetry, English - 1911 - 104 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 Stait up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | James Hastings - Bible - 1912 - 532 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...despatch : How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Stand up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? a fathomless abyss ; A dread... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 852 pages
...note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 4S 1 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 so Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 854 pages
...To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 45 1 feel the solemn sound. If neard ng in the sun, Runs with her all the way, dispatch. How much is to be done? my hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life s narrow verge... | |
 | Communication and traffic - 1917 - 1168 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 !" These words by Young arc well calculated to apprize the average... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 412 pages
...loss. To give it, then, a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. It' heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours...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... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - English poetry - 1926 - 744 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... | |
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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... 
