 Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they? With the years beyond the flood. It is the signal that demands despatch: How much is to be done! My hopes and fears Start...  Vernon Grove: Or, Hearts as They Are. A Novel - Page 81by Caroline Howard Gilman Glover Jervey - 1859 - 389 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - 1796 - 470 pages
...U the knell of my departed hours. ] loIv much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity! how surely mine ! 6| And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
 | Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — On what? A fathomless abyss; A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! 65 And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 412 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm 'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down. — On what ? a fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity ! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802 - 416 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch r How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down. — On what ? a fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
 | David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pages
...The very possibility is enough to overwhelm the human mind : " My hopes and fears " Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge " Look down — on what ? A fathomless abyss. — " A dread eternity ! how surely mine !" * For the natural and philosophical arguments in favour... | |
 | James Burgh - 1804 - 312 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch. How much is still to do ! My hopes and fears Start up alarm' d, and o'er life's narrow verge \ Look down-— on what /> — A fathomless abyss. Admiration How poor, how rich, how abject, how august > How complicate, how wonderful is wzara / How... | |
 | Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done.' My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — On what ? a fathomless abyss ; A dread eternity ! how surely mine! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
 | Edward Young, Thomas Park - 1808 - 336 pages
...is the signal that demands dispatch : How much is to be done ? My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what? A fathomless abyss. A dread eternity! how surely mine ! And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of... | |
 | David Simpson - 1809 - 410 pages
...The very possibility is enough to overwhelm the human mind! " My hopes and fears Start up alarm'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what > A fathomless abyss.— A dread eternity ! how surely mine !" Everlasting existence in misery ! — Under the frown and displeasure... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - 1809 - 588 pages
...It is the signal that demands despatch: How much is to be done! My hopes and fears Start up alann'd, and o'er life's narrow verge Look down — on what> A fathomless abyss! A dread eternity! how surely mine! v And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties... | |
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