 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 Guardian - Page 451859Full view - About this book
 | 1822
...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 from its 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... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822
...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... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English literature - 1822 - 212 pages
...treasure, As misers to their gold, while others sleep. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But by its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spake I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they... | |
 | David Tenney Kimball - Ipswich (Mass.) - 1823 - 44 pages
...acknowledge myself under great obligations for its constant and faithful friendship. ' The clock strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss : To give...man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.' A bell, presented to the town by Hon. Richard Salstonstall, was rung in 1659 at nine o'clock in the... | |
 | 1823
...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 from its loss : to give it then a tongue "Is wise in man" Night 1. There is, I think, much good sense in these line? ; — sense which comes home to our hearts... | |
 | British poets - 1824
...no bounding shore to mark its progress. Joanna Baillie's Rayner, a. 5, s. 2. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give...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 ! Young's... | |
 | 1824
...Bookseller and Newsvender in the Kingdom. J. CURLL, PWNTM. MECHANICS' MAGAZINE. * The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Were wise in man."— Young. No. III. Saturday, Ylth January, 1824. Price Sd. MR. PATTISON'S IMPROVED... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825
...following lines, he repeated them in unison to the music of the church tower — The bell strikes one, — we take no note of time But from its loss ; to give...man : as if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound, &c. Burying in Churches. So early as the times of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, this abominable practice... | |
 | Paul Ponder ([pseud.]) - 1825 - 228 pages
...lines, he repeated them in unison to the music of the church tower— • The bell strikes one,—we take no note of time But from its loss; to give it...man; as if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound, &c. Burying in Churches. So early as the times of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, this abominable practice... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 213 pages
...Admiration, " Awe, with " Fear, and 13 Astonishment ; " Dread, 15 Exultation. 1 The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. a As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours... | |
| |
