 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?  The Mothers' friend, ed. by Ann Jane - Page 3edited by - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...general pulse Of life stood still', and nature made a pause\ An awful' pause I prophetic of her end'. The bell strikes one\ We take no note' of time, But...a tongue', Is wise' in man. As if an angel' spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound'. If heard aright', It is the knell of my departed hours\ Where are' they?... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound. If 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 dispatch : How much is to be done... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...and the fervour of its piety. Dr. • Young died at his living of Welwyn, in 1765, aged 84.] '.....' THE bell strikes One. We take no note of time '•...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?... | |
 | lady Humdrum (pseud.) - 1820 - 1134 pages
...are always so full of your jokes, brother, you won't help one out ; but Henry knows what I mean." " We take no note of time but from its loss " To give it then a tongue was wise in man." Henry repeated. " Yes, yes, that's it ; but that's not all — there's something... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...rash alarm of fear, And sudden grkf, and rage, and sudden joy. YOUNG. NIGHT THOUGHTS. — Night 1. THE bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But...is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch ; How much is to be done... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 412 pages
...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...is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch ; , How much is to be done... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 pages
...his pulse stop, first announced his death to the spectators. CHAPTER XIV. The bell strikes one,—\ve take no note of time But from its loss. To give it...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound YOUNG. THE moral, which the poet has rather quaintly • deduced from the necessary... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke 1 feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With... | |
 | 1822 - 430 pages
...now quote some lines which may be read, I think, more than once, yet not tire the ear nor the mind. " The bell strikes one! We take no note of time " But...loss : to give it then a tongue - "Is wise in man" Night 1. There is, I think, much good sense in these lines ; — sense which comes home to our hearts... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...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...from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in num. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed... | |
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