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? The Port Folio - Seite 110herausgegeben von - 1809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1835 - 616 Seiten
...wander among the wrecks and monuments of Tune — toread the epitaphs of hours and learn the moral. " We take no note of Time But from its loss — to give it then a tongue In man, is wiee." Each moment is a warning orator. It is profitable and even necessary to pause in... | |
| lady Marianne Dora Malet - 1836 - 336 Seiten
...and Violet Woodville was able to number by years her absence from her own country. CHAPTER XVII. " We take no note of time, But from its loss— to give it then a tongue Is wise in man." MY readers must suppose a few years to have elapsed since the events we last recorded; and allow me... | |
| William Fewsmith, Edgar Arthur Singer - 1905 - 216 Seiten
...etc." continual dropping of water hollows out a stone. 7. Riches certainly make themselves wings. 8. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time but from its loss. 1). Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. 10. Happy are we, if we make God's... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 Seiten
...long arrear: Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. 66 The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: eo Where are they?... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 616 Seiten
...indeed, a lady may decline (All ladies but herself) at ninety-nine. TIME FROM NIGHT THOUGHTS NIGHT I The bell strikes one : we take no note of time, But...hours: Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch; 60 How much is to be done! my hopes and fears Start... | |
| John Matthews Manly - 1907 - 654 Seiten
...indeed, a lady may decline (All ladies but herself) at ninety-nine. TIME FBOM NIGHT THOUGHTS NIGHT I , The bell strikes one : we take no note of time, But...aright, It is the knell of my .departed hours: Where arc they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch; 60 How much is... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1907 - 498 Seiten
...pulse stop, first announced his death to the spectators. CHAPTER XIV The bell strikes one. We take DO note of time But from its loss. To give it then a...man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. YOUNG. THE moral which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 Seiten
...her long arrear : Nor let the vial of thy vengeance, poured On this devoted head, be poured in vain. The bell strikes one. We take no 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 knell... | |
| Margaret Lynn - 1907 - 506 Seiten
...her long arrear : Nor let the vial of thy vengeance, poured On this devoted head, be poured in vain. The bell strikes one. We take no 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 knell... | |
| Tryon Edwards - 1908 - 788 Seiten
...constitute our life, and they give character and force and meaning to our present deeds.— Joseph Parker. flood. It is the signal that demands despatch ; how much is to be done ! — Young. Time is lent us... | |
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