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
| 1878 - 312 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1878 - 304 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed ; O precious hours ! O golden prime, An afflue nee of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient timepiece told, — " Forever — never, Never — forever." The Old Clock on the Stairs. May 3o. My life is given... | |
| New reader - 1879 - 392 pages
...dreaming, strayed. Oil Si. 6. 22 O precious hours ! O golden prime,3 And affluence * of love and time ! Even as a miser counts his gold, Those hours the ancient time-piece told : " Forever — never! Never — forever 1 " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 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 1 " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her wedding night ; There, in that... | |
| Elizabeth Allnatt - 1880 - 282 pages
...and maidens dreaming strayed ; Oh precious hours ! Oh 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 ! " Longfellow. |T was well for me perhaps that the time was now approaching for leaving Courtlands... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 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... | |
| James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 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...told — ' For ever — never ! Never— for ever ! ' From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her wedding night ; There, in that... | |
| George Walter Baynham - 1881 - 152 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...told, — "For ever — never! never — for ever ! " From that chamber clothed in white, the bride came forth on her wedding night ; there, in that... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1881 - 1078 pages
...youths and maidens dreaming strayed ; 0 precious hours! 0 golden prime, And affluence of love and time! 9 9% ^ ? ̋ .ٙ E MpU y}P{ئ;Z F [. IG xmQ1 V . =ƴ ' 2^: — > "Forever — never! Never — for ever!" From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - 800 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...told, — "For ever — never ! Never — for ever ! " From that chamber, clothed in white, The bride came forth on her weddinpnight ; There, in that... | |
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