 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
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 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... | |
 | Edward Young - 1826 - 318 pages
...note of time 55 But from its loss : to give it theft a tongue Is wise in ruan. As if an angol spoke 1 feel the Solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. ON LIFE, DEATH, AND IMMORTALITY. 7 Look down — or. what ? A fathrtmless abyss. A dread eternity !... | |
 | Edward Young - Didactic poetry, English - 1826 - 284 pages
...devoted head, be poured in vain. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time 55 But from its !oss : to give, it then a tongue Is wise in man As if an apgel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Whei-3... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1829 - 388 pages
...his pulse stop, first announced his death to the spectators. CHAPTER XIV. 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. YOUNO. THE moral, which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time,... | |
 | Christian Mariner, Christian mariner - 1829 - 290 pages
...things which are therein, that there should be time no longer."—REV. x. 5, 6. " The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss : to give...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 ?—With the years... | |
 | John Whitecross - Congregational churches - 1830 - 196 pages
...one. That striking passage of Dr. Young's instantly rushed upon his mind : " 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 siff uil that demands dispatch: How much is to be done! My hopes... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...unspeakable importance of a preparation for eternity. REFLECTIONS AT MIDNIGHT. 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 ! My hopes... | |
 | English periodicals - 1830 - 430 pages
...Christian cities in Europe." ON THE CLOSE ; -• Of One Theutand Eight Hundred and Twenly-Nine. . • We take no note of time But from its loss ; to give...angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, ft is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood. YOUNG. Good... | |
 | 1830 - 428 pages
...of the first Christian cities in Europe." ON THE CLOSE ('/' One Tlmnsiintl Eight Hundred and „ - We take no note of time But from its loss ; to give...then a tongue Is wise In man. As if an angel spoke, I {eel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With... | |
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