 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
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...youths and maidens dreaming strayed; O precious hours ! O golden prime, An 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... | |
 | 1927 - 490 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed; O precious hours, O golden prime, And affluence of love and time; E'en as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told, "Forever — never ! Never — forever !" From the chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1995 - 212 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 chamher, clothed in white, The hride came... | |
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