 And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.  Select British Classics - Page 1801803Full view - About this book
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged...rest. Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate; And morning-dreams, as.poets tell, are true ; Led by pale ghosts, I enter Death's dark gate, And bid... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged...And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true : Led by pale... | |
 | Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...flown. Starting and shiv'ring in th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent...And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true; Led by pale... | |
 | Robert Smith - Society of Friends - 1829 - 432 pages
...flown. Starting and shiv'ring in th* inconstant wind, Meager and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent...they pass: The winged moments, whose unstaying speed Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's dark gate, And bid the realms of light and life adieu. Oft morning... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...flown. Starting and shivering in th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent...flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay roe down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning-dreams,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...tree I lie reclined, And count the oilent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose nnstaying The thing they at rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate; And morning dreams, as paets tell, are true.... | |
 | Sketches - English poetry - 1833 - 220 pages
...inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was — Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass — The...Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, Arid lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate, And morning-dreams,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1835 - 592 pages
...inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I He reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged...arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dend, And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ; And... | |
 | Mrs. M. A. Patrick - Consolation - 1837 - 214 pages
...inconstant wind, Meager and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass. The winged...And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true ; Led by pale... | |
 | Jeremiah Whitaker Newman - Commonplace-books - 1838 - 404 pages
...***** Starting and shiv'ring at the chilling wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was; Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true; Led by pale... | |
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