 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 flood. It is the signal that demands despatch : How much is to be...  Guy Mannering or the astrologer - Page 90by Walter Scott - 1896Full view - About this book
 | Edward Young - 1792 - 354 pages
...the years beyond the flood. It is the_/fg-*«/ that demands difpatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down. — On what ? a fathomlefs abyfs ; A dread eternity ! how furely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor penfioner... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1796 - 470 pages
...solemn sound. 3f heard aright, It U the knell of my departed hours. ] loIv much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's...verge Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity! how surely mine ! 6| And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...the years beyond the flood. 60 It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's...verge Look down — On what? A fathomless abyss; A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! 65 And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch r How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's...verge Look down. — On what ? a fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1802 - 412 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm 'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down. — On what ? a fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of... | |
 | Edward Young - English literature - 1802 - 402 pages
...With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down.^On what ? a fathomless abyss; A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me,... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch: How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down.—On what? a fathomless abyss; A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...mistaken, Sirs ! Should you be mistaken ! The very possibility is enough to overwhelm the human mind : " My hopes and fears " Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's...Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss. — " A dread eternity ! how surely mine !" * For the natural and philosophical arguments in favour of a future... | |
 | James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch. How much is still to do ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm' d, and o'er life's narrow verge \ Look down-— on what /> — A fathomless abyss. Admiration How poor, how rich, how abject, how august > How complicate, how wonderful is wzara / How... | |
 | Edward Young - English poetry - 1805 - 238 pages
...With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down—on what ? a fathomless abyss. A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to... | |
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