 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 362 pàgines
...my Sexton seek, Whose days are sped ? — " What! he, himself! — and is old Dibble dead?" (1) C " As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed houn. — YOUNG.] His eightieth year he reach'd, still undecay'd, And rectors five to one close vault... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1835 - 306 pàgines
...urgent tokens of its hasty flight ? Well saith the poet, " It is the signal that demands despatch ; 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,... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pàgines
...no note of time But from tts loss: to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke 1 feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch: How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | Edward Young - 1837 - 556 pàgines
...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, I feel the solemn...years beyond the flood It is the signal that demands despatch: How much is to be done! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pàgines
...her 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, I feel the solemn...years beyond the flood ! It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done ! my hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pàgines
...frofound ! Nor eye, nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation ileept .'" The boll strikes — and " tis as if an angel spoke." "I feel the solemn sound—...knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the hours before the flood !" Young, they say, was a disappointed man, and was world-sick because of unsuccessful... | |
 | 1838 - 938 pàgines
...Creation tleeps ! " The bell strikes — and " 'tis as if an angel spoke." " I feel the solemn Bound — if heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : "Where are they ? With the hours before the flood 1" Young, they say, was a disappointed man, and was world-sick because of unsuccessful... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1838 - 312 pàgines
...urgent tokens of its hasty flight ? Well saith the poet, "It is the signal that demands despatch ; 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, how... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 pàgines
...HOUR. " 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 Bound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours — It is the signal that demands despatch.... | |
 | 1839 - 296 pàgines
...mind: " 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...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch. How much is to be done ? My hope and fears Start up alarmed, 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? 
