 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?  Guy Mannering, Or, The Astrologer - Страница 125по Walter Scott - 1820 - 358 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 страници
...still', and nature made a pause\ An awful' pause I prophetic of her end'. The bell strikes one\ We take no note' of time, But from its loss\ To give...a tongue', Is wise' in man. As if an angel' spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound'. If heard aright', It is the knell of my departed hours\ Where are' they?... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 страници
...piety. Dr. • Young died at his living of Welwyn, in 1765, aged 84.] '.....' THE bell strikes One. We take no note of time '• •> •'< .; ' But from...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! With the years beyond the flood.... | |
 | lady Humdrum (pseud.) - 1820 - 1134 страници
...always so full of your jokes, brother, you won't help one out ; but Henry knows what I mean." " We take no note of time but from its loss " To give it then a tongue was wise in man." Henry repeated. " Yes, yes, that's it ; but that's not all — there's something... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 412 страници
...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 from its loss. To give it...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 ? With the years beyond the... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 страници
...sudden grkf, and rage, and sudden joy. YOUNG. NIGHT THOUGHTS. — Night 1. THE bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it...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 ? With the years beyond the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 246 страници
...his pulse stop, first announced his death to the spectators. CHAPTER XIV. The bell strikes one,—\ve take no note of time But from its loss. To give it...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, 1 feel the solemn sound YOUNG. THE moral, which the poet has rather quaintly • deduced from the necessary... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 страници
...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 from its loss : to give it...then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke 1 feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With... | |
 | 1822 - 430 страници
...may be read, I think, more than once, yet not tire the ear nor the mind. " The bell strikes one! We take no note of time " But from its loss : to give it then a tongue - "Is wise in man" Night 1. There is, I think, much good sense in these lines ; — sense which comes home to our hearts... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 страници
...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 from its loss : to give it then a tongue Is wise in num. As if an angel spoke I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 страници
...treasure, As misers to their gold, while others sleep. The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But by its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spake I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they... | |
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