 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagina’s
...; Nor let the vial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. § 144. Tine. Cymon was restor'd : While to his arms the blushing...seaming sadness she compos'd her look ; As if \if fo spake, I frel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours ; f Boos tt 113... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pagina’s
...vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes out. We take no note of tirno But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise...aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are thry ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the sigtial that demands dispatch ; How much is to lie... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pagina’s
...HON. AUTHOE ONSI.OW, SPEABEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The hell strikes one. We take no note of tinw But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise...the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell at my departed hours: Where are they ? With the years heyond the flood. It is the signal that demands... | |
 | Edward Young - 1810 - 278 pagina’s
...her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But...to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angelspoke, 1 feel the soleum sound. If heatd aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pagina’s
...her long arrear: Xor let the pbial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, [s wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the bull of my... | |
 | 1812 - 356 pagina’s
...year the less to live." — How have I improved or misspent the years that are past ! — Alas ! , " We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give...heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : dedicated to solemn retrospection. The revels of thoughtless mirth are inconsistent with its proper•... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 324 pagina’s
...her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But...years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge... | |
 | 1813 - 1368 pagina’s
...speak of the value of time we might just as well speak of the value of life — for time is life ! " The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But...knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With tho years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pagina’s
...her long arrear : Nor let the phial of thy vengeance, pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time > But...wise in man. *• As if an angel spoke, I feel the soleton sound..' If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they? With the years... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1815 - 416 pagina’s
...felt his pulse stop, first announced his death to the spectators. CHAPTEE XIV. « • ' •• • The bell strikes. one,— -we take no note of time...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 time,... | |
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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? 
