 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?  Discourses on Various Subjects - Página 254por Orville Dewey - 1835 - 299 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 páginas
...aright, | It is the knell of my departed hours,. | 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 alarm'd', and o'er life's narrow verge LooA down' — | on what ? \ A fathomless abyss', | A dread... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 370 páginas
...exaggerations, is -his habit of embodying feelings, his fondness of personifying. For instance : — " My Hopes and Fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? a fathomless abyss." This vivifying the dread inmates of the human heart, and giving... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 716 páginas
...the precariousness of their tenure until it has altogether failed. Then, for u moment at least, Our hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — On what ? — a fathomless abyss, A dark eternity, — how surely ours! The crowd of assembled... | |
 | Orville Dewey - 1844 - 904 páginas
...the remembrance of lost time, and the present and urgent tokens of its hasty flight? Well saith the " It is the signal that demands despatch; How much is...Start up alarmed ; and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss, A dread eternity, how sorely mine! " Seize, then, the present... | |
 | George Willson - 1844 - 300 páginas
...heard aright It is the knell of my departed hours. Where arc they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : — • How...Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what? A fathomless abyss! (I) A dread eternity ! how surely mine ' And can eternity belong... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 páginas
...heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : How much...to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, ana o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity ! how surely... | |
 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 páginas
...hours ; Where are they 1 with the years beyond the flood : It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? my hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? a fathomless abyss ; . A dread eternity 1" Conviction seized the youth. He left... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 páginas
...heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours 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 alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what? a fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity!... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...With the years beyond the flood. It is the sigiml that demands despatch: How much is to be done Ï $ down — on what! A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ! With the years beyond the flood. heart that wears one ; Come every steel blade, and Strong hand I My hopes and fears Start up alarmed, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what IA fathomless... | |
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