 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.  The British Essayists - Page 174edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...the ghost of what I -was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - Scotland - 1809 - 328 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass—- The winged moments, whose unstaying...with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them to rest." In this little town there are no less than three schools, in each, of which writing and accounts... | |
 | Christiane Derobert-Ratel - Aix-en-Provence (France) - 1809 - 590 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass,— The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their coarse arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them... | |
 | James Kennedy (of Glasgow.) - Poetry - 1810 - 450 pages
...ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the moments as they silent pass : " THE winged moments, whose unstaying speed...fate; And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. J 222 Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's dark gate, And bid the realms of light and life adieu. "... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...mentioned before. L. ii. p. 51. P. 27. In " Now spring returns, but not to me returns," it is said, Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, And morning...poets tell, are true; Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's dark gate, And bid the realms of life and light adieu. No. 1 1 . p. 21 . In " Lo qwhat it is... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass; Thi? winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their conrse arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with those... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass: The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...poets tell, are true: Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's dark gate. And bid the realms of light and life adieu ! 1 hear the helpless wail, the shriek... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 328 pages
...pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I He reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass. The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...poets tell, are true. Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's ilark gate, And bid the realms of light and life adieu ! I bear the helpless wail, the shriek... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose mislaying speed No art can stop, or in their course arrest ;...poets tell, are true. Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's dark gate, And bid the realms of light and life adieu. I hear the helpless wail, the shriek... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...arrest; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dea'l, And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ;... | |
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