 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
 | Waitman Barbe - 1909 - 252 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 I" t From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 364 pages
...skeleton at the feast, That warning timepiece never ceased,— "Forever—never! Never—forever!" 6 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 on... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1910 - 368 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 !" 7 From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - 1910 - 470 pages
...maidens dreaming strayed. • Oh, precious hours ! oh, golden prime And af&uence of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told, — " Forever — never! Never — forever! " " Old Clock on the Stair " Longfellow. The skipper he... | |
 | Lucy Henderson Humphrey - 1910 - 572 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... | |
 | CANT TELL - 1910 - 216 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 686 pages
...maidens dreaming strayed ; О precious hours ! О golden prime, And affluence of love and time ! Kven 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... | |
 | HENRY FROWDE - 1912 - 1072 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 — ' For ever- never ! Never- for ever ! ' From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her wedding night ; There, in that... | |
 | James Hastings - 1912 - 532 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...told, — "For ever — never! Never — for ever!" From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her wedding night; There, in that silent... | |
 | 1912 - 440 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... | |
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