 OO late I stayed ! forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of...  The Monthly Review - Page 57edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
 | 1810
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ! EPITAPH ON THE YEAR 1806.— HON. RW SPENCER. 'Tis gone, with its thorns and its roses, With the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Europe - 1810
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ! EPITAPH ON THE YEAR 1806 — HON. RW SPENCER. 'Tis gone, with its thorns and its roses, With the... | |
 | William Robert Spencer - 1811 - 240 pages
...remarks Thv cbbiu£ of his glass, Wtuni all its sands are di'mond sparks, dassle as they pass? 166 Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness...of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings? 167 THANKS TO A LADY FOR HER VERSES WITH A WATER LILY, ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTHDAY. MY stream of life... | |
 | American periodicals - 1812
...eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks Which dazzle as they pass ? Ah ! who to sober measurement...brings, When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings. Remarkable Occurrence. " Gennadius, a physician, a man of eminence in pifttv and charity,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1813 - 424 pages
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement, Time's happy swiftness brings,...of paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ! SONG. [FROM THE GERMAN or LESSJNG.} I asked my fair, one happy day What I should call her in my lay... | |
 | United States - 1814
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement. Time's happy swiftness brings,...of -paradise have lent Their plumage for his Wings ! BW CONSCIOUS GUILT. " Bur tell me ; why must those bethought to 'scape Whom Guilt, array'd in every... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 435 pages
...are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pass ! Ah ! who to sober measurement, Times happy-swiftness brings ; When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ! W, Hob. Spencer, Esq. DUET IN BONDUCA. H. To anns ! your ensigns straight display, Now set the battle... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 764 pages
...remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are di'mond spark -4, Th xt dazzle a* they past ? Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness...of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ? All in their stations move, And each performs his part, In all the cares of life and love, With sympathizing... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824
...flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pass? Ah ! who- to sober...of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings? HON. WR SPENCER. 3 it HOW-D'Y'-DO AND GOOD-BYE. ONE day Good-bye met How-d'y'-do, Too close to shun... | |
 | Cecilia Mary Caddell - 1825
...are diamond sp:ul<. That dazzle as they pais ! Ah! who to sober measurement. Time's happy-swiftness brings ; When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings.' " But come, uncle, let us adjourn to the supper table." Major Douglas had hurried on through his rhyming... | |
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