 In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality; His great fires up the chimney roared; The stranger feasted at his board; But, like the skeleton at the feast, That warning timepiece never ceased, — "Forever — never! Never — forever!  The West Virginia School Journal - Page 291901Full view - About this book
 | Fashion - 1850 - 464 pages
...— never! Never — forever !" In that mausion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality ; His great fires up the chimney roared ; The stranger feasted at his board : But, like the skeletons at the feast, That warning time-piece never ceased, " Forever — never ! Never — forever... | |
 | 1855 - 676 pages
...forever I" In that mansion used to he Free hearted Uospltallly ; HU great Ares up the chimney roared, Tbe stranger feasted at his board ; But like the skeleton...the feast, That warning time-piece never ceased—, "Foiever — never 1 Never — forever," There groups of merry children played, There youthsand maidens... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1846 - 178 pages
...never ! Never — forever ! " In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality ; His great fires up the chimney roared ; The stranger feasted at his...ceased, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " There groups of tnerry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed ; O precious... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1846 - 764 pages
...Free-hearted hospitality ; His great tires up ihe chimney roared ; The stranger feasted at his board ; Bui, like the skeleton at the feast, That warning time-piece...ceased — " Forever — never ! Never— forever!" There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidensdreaming strayed, 0 precious hours!... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 pages
...ever ! In that mansion used to be Free hearted Hospitality: His preat lires up the chimney roar*d ; The stranger feasted at his board : But, like the skeleton at the feast, The warning Time-piece never ceased, " Fur ever — neverl Never — for ever ! " There groups of merry... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1846 - 570 pages
...skeleton at the feast, That warning time-pece never ceased, — "Forever — never! Never — forever !" There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed, Oh, precious hours ! O, golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...never ! Never — for ever !" In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality ; His great fires up the chimney roared ; The stranger feasted at his...at the feast, That warning time-piece never ceased, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever !" There groups of merry children played, There youths... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pages
...skeleton at the feast, That warning timepiece never ceased,— " Forever — never! Never — forever! " There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed: O precious hours ! O golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...never ! Never — forever ! " In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality ; His great fires up the chimney roared ; The stranger feasted at his...ceased, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever I " There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed ; 0 precious hours... | |
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