 His great fires up the chimney roared ; The stranger feasted at his board; But, like the skeleton at the feast. That warning timepiece never ceased, — "Forever — never ! Never — forever !" *> There groups of merry children played.  The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems - Page 99by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 151 pagesFull view - About this book
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...• ' For ever — never 1 Never — for ever ! * There groups of merry children played, There yonths and maidens dreaming strayed: O precious hours ! O golden prime, And affluence of love and time 1 Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told — • For ever — never... | |
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...There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed. 0 precious hours ! 0 golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even...chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her wedding-night ; There, in that silent room below, The dead lay in his shroud of suow ! And in the hush... | |
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...forever !" , There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed, Oh, precious hours ! O, golden prime, And affluence of...forever !" From that chamber, clothed in white The bride eame forth* on her wedding night, There, in that silent room below, The dead lay in his shroud of snow;... | |
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...There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidensdreaming strayed, 0 precious hours! 0 golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even...as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient lime-piece told— " Forever — never ! Never— forever!" From that chamber, clothed in white, The... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 pages
...groups of merry children play'd ; There youths and maidens, dreaming, stray 'd ; О precious hour« ! О golden prime, And affluence of Love and Time ! Even...as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient Time-piee-j told, 41 For ever — never ! Hover— forever!" JUVENILE BIOGRAPHY. From that chamber,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming strayed ; O precious hours ! 0 golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even...his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever !" Prom that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...warning timepiece never ceased, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever!' There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming...his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever!" From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
 | 1850 - 642 pages
...merry children played ; There youths and maiden's dreaming О precious hours! 0 golden prime, [stray d; And affluence of Love and Time ! Even as a miser counts...his gold, Those hours the Ancient Timepiece told, " For ever— never ! Never— for ever Г From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...warning timepiece never ceased, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever ! " There groups of merry children played, There youths and maidens dreaming...his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told, — "For ever — never ! Never — for ever ! " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
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...— never ! Never — for ever ! ' There groups of merry children played, There youths and maideus dreaming strayed: O precious hours ! O golden prime,...his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told— ' For ever — -never ! Never— for ever ! ' All »re scattered now and fled, the pendulum explains... | |
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