 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 Mothers' friend, ed. by Ann Jane - Page 3edited by - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...HON. AUTHOE ONSI.OW, SPEABEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. The hell strikes one. We take no note of tinw But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise...the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell at my departed hours: Where are they ? With the years heyond the flood. It is the signal that demands... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1810 - 278 pages
...her long arrear : Nor 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...to give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angelspoke, 1 feel the soleum sound. If heatd aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...her long arrear: Xor let the pbial 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 it then a tongue, [s wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the bull of my... | |
 | Andrew M'Kenzie - 1810 - 194 pages
...STANZAS TVKITTEX ON THE EVENING OF THE 3-lST DECEMBER* 1807. -" We take no note of time " But fiorn its loss. To give it then a tongue, " Is wise in man." YOUNG-. HARK! how the fear-inspiring storm Howls thro' the leafless wood ; And heaves, in many a dreadful... | |
 | Akeroyde's padd (Dance) - 1812 - 356 pages
...year the less to live." — How have I improved or misspent the years that are past ! — Alas ! , " We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give...heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : dedicated to solemn retrospection. The revels of thoughtless mirth are inconsistent with its proper•... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1813 - 324 pages
...her long arrear : Nor 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...is the 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... | |
 | Sunday school teachers - 1813 - 1368 pages
...speak of the value of time we might just as well speak of the value of life — for time is life ! " The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But...is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they ? With tho years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be done... | |
 | Edward Young - 1813 - 380 pages
...her long arrear : Nor 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...wise in man. *• As if an angel spoke, I feel the soleton sound..' If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they? With the years... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scotland - 1815 - 416 pages
...felt his pulse stop, first announced his death to the spectators. CHAPTEE XIV. « • ' •• • The bell strikes. one,— -we take no note of time...if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.—— YOUNG. THE moral, which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Astrologers - 1815 - 354 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 it...if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound.—— YOUNG. THE moral, which the poet has rather quaintly deduced from the necessary mode of measuring time,... | |
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