 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...its lofs. To give it then a tongue, Is wife in man. As if an angel fpoke, I feel the folemn found. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours...they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the fignal that demands difpatch ; How much is to be done ? my hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca - 1786 - 342 pages
...its lofs. To give it then a tongue, Is wife in man. As if an nngcl fpoke I feel the folemn found ; if heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? witli the years beyond the Flood.—J'oung. Is Death at diftance? No; he has been on thce, And given... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 280 pages
...its lofs. To give it then a tongue, Is wife in man. As if an angel fpoke, I feel the' folemn found. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours...Where are they ? With the years beyond the .flood. 60 It is thejignal that demands difpatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd,... | |
 | James Burgh - 1792 - 410 pages
...by its lojs. To give it then a tongue Is wife in man. As if an angel fpoke, I feel the folemn found. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours....they ? — With the years beyond the flood* It is the fignal that demands difpatch. How wa^ isjiilltodo ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm' d, and o'er... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...pour'd On this devoted head, be pour'd in vain. The bell strikes one — We take no note of time, 55 But from its loss — To give it then a tongue, Is...: Where are they? With the years beyond the flood. 60 It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd,... | |
 | 1800 - 498 pages
...give it then a tongue 1$ wife in man. As if an angel fpokt, I feel the foleinn found ; if heard arighe It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the fignal that demands difpatch. How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er... | |
 | Edward Young - 1800 - 290 pages
...its lofs. To give it then a tongue Is wife in man. As if an angel ijpoke, Jfe,el the folemn found. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours, " " Where are they ; with the, years beyond the nooct.', -*' It is the signal that demands difpatcji," Ho\7 much is. to be done ! my hopes and fears... | |
 | Theology - 1803 - 512 pages
...lofs — to give it then a tongue " Is -wife in man. As if an angel fpoke. " I feel the folemn found ; if heard aright "It is the knell of my departed hours.....they ? With the years beyond the flood. " It is the fignal that demands difpatch. " How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears " Start up alarm'd, and... | |
 | James Burgh - Elocution - 1804 - 308 pages
...MEDITATION. From Young's NIGHT THOUGHTS, Alarm. A HE clock strikes one. We take no note of time, But by its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man....hours. Where are they ?— With the years beyond the Jiood. It is the signal that demands dispatch. How much is still to do ! My hopes and fear? Start up... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 540 pages
...thin a tongue, Is wife in irán. AR if an angrl fpnlçe, I frei the foifnin found. If heard onjht, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. 60 It is the flânai that demands rlifpatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up... | |
| |
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? 
