 I'll never grudge my pains or toil, But pity the dull squires, my neighbours. George Ellis. TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON TOO late I stayed, forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers!  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 57edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
 | George Augustus Lofton - Character - 1898 - 468 pages
...inhis revenges." How often the poor devotee to pleasure has had to exclaim in the words of Spenser: Too late I staid — forgive the crime — Unheeded...noiseless falls the foot of time, That only treads on flowers. Let me briefly sum up the ways in which time may Waste or kill us, especially be revenged... | |
 | William Henry Wheeler - English language - 1899 - 228 pages
...And a quire of bad verses in the other. —THOMAS BABINGTON, LORD MACAULAY. 7. Too late I stayed, — forgive the crime; Unheeded flew the hours, How noiseless falls the foot of time That only treads on flowers ! —WILLIAM R. SPENCER. A useful suffix. ous means full of; as, joyous, full of joy. 1. Copy... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - American poetry - 1899 - 768 pages
...nonny, nonny. WILLIAM SHAKSFEKE. TO THE LADY AXXE HAMILTON. 5OO late I stayed; forgive the criinr ; Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers 1 What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing- of his glass. nil its sands are diamond sparks... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1899 - 276 pages
...misquotes WR Spencer : " How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers ! And who with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks That dazzle as they pass ? " 34. Smote the chord of self, etc. " This line concentrates... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1900 - 392 pages
...Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse. i Cf. WR Spencer (Poems, p. 166) :— What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks But this is of course in no way parallel to Tennyson's subtly beautiful image, which... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1900 - 358 pages
...Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse. * Cf. WR Spencer (Poems, p. 166) :— What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks That dazzle as they pass. But this is of course in no way parallel to Tennyson's subtly... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...Make once more my heart thy home ! PERCY BYSSIIE SHELLEY. To LADY ANNE HAMILTON. Too late I stay'd,— y of tihalott. Lying robed in snowy white, That loosely flew to left and right — The leaves upon her flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond... | |
 | Frederic Lawrence Knowles - American poetry - 1901 - 494 pages
...thee, Dear, so much, Loved I not Honour more. Richard Lovelace TOO LATE I STAYED Too late I stayed, — forgive the crime ! Unheeded flew the hours : How...noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers ! And who, with clear account, remarks The ebbings of his glass, When all its sands are diamond... | |
 | Quotations - 1903 - 1186 pages
...storm ! The Pilot that weathered the Storm. WILLIAM ROBERT SPENCER. 1770-1834. Too late I stayed, — forgive the crime ! Unheeded flew the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of time a That only treads on flowers. Linet to Lady A. Hamilton. 1 "Defend me from my friends; I can defend... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 532 pages
...heart ye prove ! " We cannot forbear adding the beautiful stanzas in pages 166,167— "To THE LADY ANNB HAMILTON. "Too late I staid, forgive the crime, Unheeded...on flow'rs ! " What eye with clear account remarks " Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings, When birds of Paradise have lent Their... | |
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