 | Daniel Harrison - Arithmetic - 1837 - 188 pages
...seen But his broad pinions swifter than the wind?" " The bell strikes One. We take no note of Time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man." ' Then Time turns torment when a man turns fooi." Night Thought*. To reduce days to hours. Rule. Double... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...made a pause; An awful pause ! prophetic of her end. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise...: Where are they ? with 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,... | |
 | 1838 - 876 pages
...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... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 pages
...Bartholomew Close. 204 THE VALUE OF A QUARTER OF AN 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.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1898 - 920 pages
...first announced his death to the spectators. CHAPTER XIV The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise...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... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 636 pages
...it in their grave. THE LAPSE OF TIME — MAN. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time Save by its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in man....Where are they ? With 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,... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 578 pages
...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 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 : Where are they ? With... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...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 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 : Where are they ? With... | |
 | William Vincent Byars - Orators - 1901 - 614 pages
...marriage tables. —Shakespeare: 'Hamlet,' Act I. TIME The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. — Young: 'Night Thoughts* We see Time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing... | |
 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...marriage tables. —Shakespeare: ' Hamlet, * Act I. ПМЕ The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. — Young: 'Night Thoughts.' We see Time's furrows on another's brow, And death intrench'd, preparing... | |
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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? 
