 Tis midnight's holy hour — and silence now Is brooding like a gentle spirit o'er The still and pulseless world. Hark! on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling; 'tis the knell Of the departed year. No funeral train Is sweeping past; yet, on the...  The R.I. Schoolmaster - Page 2111868Full view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...written while he was in the university. They have never been published collectively. THE CLOSING YEAR. 'Tis midnight's holy hour — and silence now Is brooding,...gentle spirit, o'er The still and pulseless world. Hark! on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling; 'tis the knell Of the departed year. No funeral... | |
 | John Keese - American poetry - 1845 - 338 pages
...o'er the shining bay, O think of those for whom the night THE CLOSING YEAR. BY GEORGE D. PRENTICE. "Tis midnight's holy hour — and silence now Is brooding...gentle Spirit o'er The still and pulseless world. Hark ! on the winda The bell's deep tones are swelling — 'tis the knell Of the departed year. No... | |
 | Salem Town - 1845 - 296 pages
...virtues as men, and pay due tribute to their unhappy fate as a people. LESSON XXXVIII. THE CLOSING YEAR. 'Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now Is brooding...gentle spirit o'er The still and pulseless world. Hark! on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling; 'tis the knell Of the departed year. No funeral... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...while he was in the university. They have never been published collectively. THE CLOSING YEAR. T is midnight's holy hour — and silence now Is brooding,...gentle spirit, o'er The still and pulseless world. Hark ! on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling ; 'tis the knell Of the departed year. No funeral... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...overy eye negotiate for iĞlf, -Janti irasl no agent : for beauty is a witch, 669. 1. MS— SEW TIAB. Tis midnight's holy hour ; and silence, now Is brooding, like a gentle spirit, o'er iw.nda, The still— and pulseless world. Hark! on tho The bell's deep tones are swelling: 'tis the... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...no agent: for beauty is a witch, Agaiiut whoM charnu faith melteth into blood. 669* TIME—NEW TEAB. TIs midnight's holy hour; and silence, now, Is brooding, like a gentle spirit, o'er [winds, The still—and pulseless world. Hark! on the The bell's deep tones are swelling : 'tis the... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1845 - 264 pages
...pay due tribute to their .unhappy fate as a people. . •" LESSON xxxviii: n , - THE CLOSING YEAR, ''Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now ' . . Is brooding like a gentle spirrt-o'er The still and pulseless world: Hark! on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling- 'tis... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...! Yet twilight lingers still; And, beautiful as dream of heaven, It slumbers on the hill. 30. 'T is midnight's holy hour— and silence now Is brooding,...gentle spirit, o'er The still and pulseless world. GD PRENTICE. 31. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...! Yet twilight lingers still; And, beautiful as dream of heaven, It slumbers on the hill. 30. 'T is midnight's holy hour — and silence now Is brooding,...gentle spirit, o'er The still and pulseless world. GD PRENTICE. 31. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from... | |
 | Salem Town - Elocution - 1847 - 420 pages
...in the discharge of thy duties to the living. LESSON LXffl. THE CLOSING OP THE YEAB. PRENTICE. 'T is midnight's holy hour, and silence now Is brooding...gentle spirit o'er The still and pulseless world. Hark ! on the winds The bell's deep tones are swelling ; 't is the knell* Of the departed year. No... | |
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