 | 1885 - 332 pages
...station in the hall An ancient timepiece says to all,~~ "Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " Half-way up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons...chimney roared ; The stranger feasted at his board ; HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, But like the skeleton at the feast, That warning timepiece never ceased,... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - 1885 - 446 pages
...monk, who, under his cloak, Grosses himself, and sighs, alas! With sorrowful voice to all who pass: "Forever, never! Never, forever!" Through days of...swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it stood; As if, like God, it all tilings saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe: "Forever, never!... | |
 | 1887 - 310 pages
...the Stairs," by Longfellow, was written, and the clock remains to this day in the same hallway : " Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days...of awe :— ' Forever— never ! Never— forever! '" This house commands a fine view from the summit of a knoll. Mrs. Plunkett may claim the honor of... | |
 | 1887 - 448 pages
...of death and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it stood; As if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats...never! Never, forever!" In that mansion used to be Free hearted hospitality; His great fires up the chimney roar'd; The stranger feasted at his board;... | |
 | M. F. Hyde - 1888 - 246 pages
...the floor, And seems to say, at each chamber-door,— " Forever — never ! Never— forever!" IT. Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days...repeats those words of awe, — " Forever — never! v. In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality; His great fires up the chimney roared ; The... | |
 | Byron Wesley King - 1889 - 398 pages
...is low and light ; But in the silent dead of night, Distinct as a passing footstep's fall, It echos along the vacant hall, Along the ceiling, along the...swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — "Forever —... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 382 pages
...the floor, And seems to say, at each chamber-door, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever! " Iv. Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days...of awe, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " V. In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality ; His great fires up the chimney roared... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 394 pages
...the floor, And seems to say, at each chamber-door, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever! " IV. Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days...repeats those words of awe, — " Forever — never ! V. In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality; His great fires up the chimney roared ; The... | |
 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 570 pages
...cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs alas ! With sorrowful voice to all who pass, "Forever — never ! By day its voice is low and light ; But in the silent...words of awe, "Forever — never ! Never — forever !" 174 POEMS OF LIFE— SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality... | |
 | Walter Learned - 1891 - 404 pages
...days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death and days of birth, A Treasury of Favorite Poems. 43 Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time,...Free-hearted Hospitality ; His great fires up the chimney roar'd ; The stranger feasted at his board ; But, like the skeleton at the feast, That warning timepiece... | |
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Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — " Forever — never... 
