Forever — never! Never — forever!" There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed; O precious hours! O golden prime, And affluence of love and time! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5201851Full view - About this book
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...maidens dreaming strayed; О precious hours ! О golden prime, And affluence of love and time! Even as n miser counts his gold. Those hours the ancient timepiece...told,— "For ever — never! Never — for ever!" From that chamber, clothed'in white, The bride came forth on her wedding night; There, in thatsilent... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - Children - 1858 - 292 pages
...youths and maidens dreaming strayed. O precious hours ! O golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient...time-piece told — For ever — never, Never — for ever * ! " For ever there no doubt in amaranthine bowers ; but why should the joy of their vestibule never... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - Children - 1858 - 292 pages
...youths and maidens dreaming strayed. O precious hours 1 O golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told — For ever — never, Never— forever*!" For ever there no doubt in amaranthine bowers ; but why should the joy of their vestibule... | |
| A. E - 1858 - 318 pages
...youths and maidens dreaming strayed. 0 precious hours ! 0 golden prime, And affluence of love and time I Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told, — " For ever — never t Never — for ever !" LONGFELLOW. What then are days to have such tearful power ? One day — one... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...and dreaming maidens stray'd ; 0 precious hours ! O golden prime ! And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told "Forever! never! never! forever!" * "L'cternitd est unc pendule, dont Ic balancier dit ct rcdit fi.ms... | |
| Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...at the feast, That warning time-piece never ceased : — " Forever— rnever ! Never — forever !" Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told : — " Forever — never ! Never — forever !" 7. From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed : O precious hours ! O golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient...told, — " For ever ! — never ! Never — for ever ! " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her wedding night ; There, in that... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed ; O precious hours ! 0 golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told, — " Forever — never 1 Never — forever!" From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1859 - 356 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed ; O precious hours ! O golden prime, And influence of love and time ; Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told, — " Forever — never 1 Never — forever ! " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
| Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...youths and maidens dreaming stray'd; O precious hours ! O golden prime, And affluence* of love and time! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told,— " Forever—never! • Never—forever!" 7. From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
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