 | William Robert Spencer (hon.) - 1835 - 268 דפים
...remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are di'mond sparks, That dazzle as they pass ? Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ? THANKS TO A LADY FOR HER VERSES WITH A WATER LItY, ON THE AUTHOR'S BIRTHDAY. MY stream... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 1837 - 976 דפים
...lovers' weeks invariably do, with a rapidity for which both declared they could not account : — " For who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings — When birds of Paradise have lent The plumage of their wings." Only, as Harry said, " two days !" and yet so much remained to be done.... | |
 | 1842 - 574 דפים
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all the sands are diamond sparks That dazzle as they pass ? ' Ah .' who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings, When birds of paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings? ' THE TOTS OF LIFE. ' Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle,... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1838 - 222 דפים
...as lovers' weeks invariably do, with a rapidity for which both declared they could not account : — "For who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings — When birds of Paradise have lent The plumage of their wings." Only, as Harry said, " two days !" and yet so much remained to be done.... | |
 | 1840 - 368 דפים
...remarks The ebbings of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pass * And who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings, . When birds of paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings ? JOHN KEATS. 1796-1821. ODB TO A XIGIITIXi; VLE. MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness... | |
 | Cam river - 1841 - 318 דפים
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all the sands are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pass? Ah ! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings, .When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings? W. SPENCER. Utque ruunt luteum per vicum impulsa tropsea, Ipsa notant a queis partibus... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 דפים
...remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks That dazzle as they pass7 Ah! who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings 1 In the next extract there is an unexpected touch of sentiment mixed with its playfulness,... | |
 | 1853 - 456 דפים
...'h! *Л ~m — i ^ on p-: lyti eads fV yj on ; J— | -Лт-j ' Î4 low'rs. О 1 who with АЦ1 «ho to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings, When birds of paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings ? Too late I stay'd — forgive the crime — Unheeded flew the hours ; How noiseless... | |
 | Forget-Me-Not, Forget-me-not - 1853 - 138 דפים
...remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond's sparks, That dazzle as they pass. Oh! who to sober measurement , Time's happy swiftness brings, When birds of paradise have lent The plumage of their wings ? TABLE OF FIRST LINES. PAGE. A fire's a good companionable friend .. 59... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 דפים
...The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks Which dazzle as they pass ? • Ah, who to sober measurement Time's happy swiftness brings,...When birds of Paradise have lent Their plumage for his wings ? SONG. By WILLIAM CULLEN BRTANT. DOST tliou idly ask to hear At what gentle seasons Nymphs... | |
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I stayed, forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers! 
