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... Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 2061851Full view - About this book
| Mary Frances Hyde - 1889 - 248 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 timepiece told, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " • VJI. From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride... | |
| Samuel Silas Curry - 1896 - 388 pages
...and maidens, dreaming, strayed. 0 precious hours ! 0 golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told : " Forever — never ! never — forever ! " Longfellow. No, I will weep no more. In such a night... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 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 !" LONGFELLOW : Old Cloch on the S1airs. O then to young... | |
| William Wilfred Birdsall, Rufus Matthew Jones - 1897 - 602 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed ; Oh, precious hours ! oh, 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 !" From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
| Walter Learned - 1897 - 338 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 ! " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 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 timepiece told, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " From that chamber, clothed in white. The bride came... | |
| 1898 - 522 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 timepiece told,— " Forever — never! Never— forever !" From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
| Robert McLean Cumnock - 1898 - 614 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 timepiece told,— " Forever—never! Never—forever!" From that chamber, clothed in white, There, in that silent room... | |
| Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 564 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed ; Oh, precious hours ! oh, 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 ! " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
| Frederick Clifton Pierce - 1899 - 612 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed; Г С) precious hours! О 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!" From that chamber clothed in w,hite The bride came forth... | |
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