 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
 | Robert Chambers - 1875 - 630 pages
...inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree 1 lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass: " The winged...speed No art can stop or in their course arrest; Whose (light shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest. "Oft morning... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, tho 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 tnie. Led by pale ghosts,... | |
 | Firth Garside - Adventure stories - 1877 - 334 pages
...hours, Till nature sinks a prey to toils and pains, And eyes and limbs refuse their wonted powers. " The winged moments whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest, Their flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest." MICHAEL... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...flown. Starting and shiv'ring in the inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent...rest. Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning-dreams, as poets tell, are true : Led by pale ghosts, 1 enter Death's dark gate, And... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...flown. Starting and shiv'ring in the inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent...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, I hear... | |
 | Theology - 1879 - 826 pages
...that fly," has a strong resemblance throughout to the lines in Bruce's " Elegy on Spring : " — " The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can...dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest." In both there is the winged flight of time ; in both there is the fixed or resistless element ; in... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1881 - 368 pages
...what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass : 18 The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can...shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down at peace with them at rest. 19 Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate; And morning-dreams, as... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass, — The wiug<Sd moments! whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or...their course arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count mo with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning-dreams presage approaching... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...pass: The winged momenta, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their COIIHMJ arrest ; Who8i> flight shall shortly count me with the dead. And lay me down in peace with them at rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning dreams, as n.tets tell, are true.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
...inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, y shaped, and sway thy course Along the years of haste and random youth U nnstaying speed No art can stop, or in their course .irrest ; Whoso flight shall shortly count mo with... | |
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