 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...expression sounds deficient to the ear. , [xx] Example 1. " The bell | strikes | one. — We tike [00] no note of time, [ = ] But from its loss : to give it, then, a tongue, [ms] Is wise | in man. As if an angel | spoke II [pq] I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, * It... | |
 | George Willson - 1844 - 300 pages
...of dirt, which human vanity has divided into climates and regions ? The bell strikes one. We take ho note of time, But from its loss : to give it then a tongueIs wise in man. As if an avigel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright It is the knell... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...one place — " How blest is he who first gare tongue to time!" Xighl Thoughts. And in another — " The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from ils loss : to give it ttren a tongue Is wise in man." Ibid. The thought seems to have arisen quite... | |
 | Thomas Fisher - 1845 - 240 pages
...advanced one day in the autobiography of existence and the accountabilities of human actors. " The clock strikes one ; We take no note of time, but from its...loss : To give it then a tongue were wise in man." Let us now study with undivided attention the vivid picturesque reality which constitutes a year. Our... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 pages
...the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause, An awful pause, prophetic of her end. 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... | |
 | William Mountford - 1845 - 384 pages
...for them it is not intended ; to them it is of no use. Thou that hast ears to hear, do thou hear ! " 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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 pages
...not far distant, when will bo heard, as the proudest exclamation of man: I am an American.—Maxcy. The bell strikes one: We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a vongue, la wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright. It Is the knell... | |
 | Thomas Kibble Hervey - 1845 - 436 pages
................... 219 Black Monday ................ 220 THE BOOK OF CHRISTMAS. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. We take no note of time, But from its loss ; — to give it, then, a tongue Is wise in man. DH. YOUSTG. To give a language to time, for the preservation of its records, and the... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...Specimens, &c." p. 467. EXTRACTS FROM THE NIGHT THOUGHTS. THE WONDROUS NATURE OF MAN. THE bell strikes one.1 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... | |
 | John Hall - 1845 - 354 pages
...stands', Forever silent', and forever sad*. LESSON LXXXVIII. NIGHT. Iambic. Epic. THE bell strikes ONEV. 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', 5 It is the knell of... | |
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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 ? With the years beyond the... 
