 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
 | Joseph Ritson - English poetry - 1821 - 272 pages
...moments, whofe unftaying fpeed No art can flop, or in their courfe arreft ; 70 Whofe flight fhall fhortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that reft. Oft morn ing- dreams prefage approaching fate ; And morning-dreams, as poets tell, are true :... | |
 | Elizabeth Chase - 1821 - 248 pages
...reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed Nor art can stop, or in their course arrest; Whose flight shall shortly couut me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest. • Oft morning dreams presage... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 430 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 hid the reahns of light and life adieu ! Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful... | |
 | Joseph] [Robertson, Sholto Percy - English poetry - 1822 - 400 pages
...tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass. The winged moments, whose nnstaying 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 hid the reahns of light and life adieu ! Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...are flown. Starting and shiv'ring in th' inconstant wind, Meagre and pale, the ghost of what I was, The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can...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... | |
 | 1822 - 326 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass. The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or" in their course arrest ; AVhose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 690 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 ! I hear the helpless wail, the shriek... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 334 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree 1 lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass. The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...dreams presage approaching fate; And morning dreams, as poels tell, are true. Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's dark gate. And bid the realms of light and... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 762 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...dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Dft morning dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. Led by pale... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...pale, the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree Iliereclin d, And count the silent moments as they pass. " The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop, or in their eourse arrest ; Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them... | |
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