 And count the silent moments as they pass; — "The winged moments, whose unstaying speed No art can stop or in their course arrest, Whose flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rest.  The British Essayists;: Mirror - Page 189by Alexander Chalmers - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Michael Bruce - 1770 - 144 pages
...moments, whofe unftaying fpeei No art can flop, or in their courfe arreft ; Whofc flight fhall fhortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that reft. > P 3 Oft XIX. Oft morning-dreams prefage approaching fate ; And morning-dreams, as poets tell,... | |
 | 1791 - 822 pages
...moments, whofe unflaying fpced No art can flop, or in their courfe arrelt ; Whofe flight (hall ibortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that reft. Oft morning dreams prefage approaching fate; And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. Led... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1288 pages
...moments, whofs unflaying fpeed No art can (lop, or in their coiirfe arreft ; Whofe flight (hall fhortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them that rclt. Oft morning dreams prefage approaching fate ; And morning dreams, as poet's tell, are true. Led... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 216 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass. The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...dreams presage approaching fate; And morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. Led by pale ghosts, I enter death's dark gate. I hear the helpless wail, the... | |
 | 1803 - 308 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Tk-ueatil some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass. The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate l And morning-dreams, as poets tell, are true. Led by pale... | |
 | Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...liereclin'd, And eoimt the silent moments as they pa?.* : The wiriged moments, whose unstaying speea No art can stop, or in their course arrest, Whose...flight shall shortly count me with the dead. And lay nie down in peace with them that rest. Oii morning dreamis, presage approaching fate, And morning dreams,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 472 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclined, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...flight shall shortly count me with the dead, And lay me do\vn in peace with them that rest. Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate ; And morning dreams,... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...moments, whofe unfiaying fpeed No art can ftop, or in their coarfearreft ; Wliofe ftight (hall (hortly count me with the dead, And lay me down in peace with then that reli. Oft morning-dreams prefage approaching fate ; And morning-dreams, as poets tell, are... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...the ghost of what I -was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass : The winged moments, whose unstaying speed...And lay me down in peace with them that rest. Oft morning-dreams presage approaching fate; And morning-dreams, as poets tell, are true : Led by pale... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1809 - 328 pages
...the ghost of what I was, Beneath some blasted tree I lie reclin'd, And count the silent moments as they pass—- The winged moments, whose unstaying...with the dead, And lay me down in peace with them to rest." In this little town there are no less than three schools, in each, of which writing and accounts... | |
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