 I'll never grudge my pains or toil, But pity the dull squires, my neighbours. George Ellis. TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON TOO late I stayed, forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers!  Poems - Seite 194von William Robert Spencer (hon.) - 1835Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1853 - 456 Seiten
...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 falls the foot of time That only treads on flow'rsl ENGLAND, HOME OF THE FREE, Composed by Oscar Perry. Thy sea-girt rocks, my na - fare isle,... | |
 | 1853 - 1074 Seiten
...There is a gaiety and grace about them, quite worthy of Sedley, or of Waller : — Too late I rtaid, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of time, That only treads on flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass ; When all its sands arc diamond... | |
 | Mrs. J. Thayer - 1853 - 144 Seiten
...childhood's years. C. DOKOLD MACLEAD. Song. I STAID too late ; — forgive the crime — Unheeded flow the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of time That only treads on flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, "When all its sands are diamond... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 Seiten
...that dreamless sleep. 480 STANZAS. Graceful verses bj the Hon. E. SPENCER. Too late I've stay'd— forgive the crime — Unheeded flew the hours ; How...noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers. What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 Seiten
...Look at the fancy and the finish of these stanzas ! TO THE LADY ANNE HAMILTON.* Too late I stayed, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond... | |
 | Wife - 1855 - 342 Seiten
...but gentle " No," burst from her lips — and Time and his minutes passed unheeded by — " For who with clear account remarks, The ebbing of his glass, "When all its sands are diamond sparks Which dazzle as they pass ?" Poor Mrs. Templeton, meanwhile, was agitated by the alternations... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 466 Seiten
...Unheeded flew the hours. How noiseless falls the foot of Time Which only treads on flowers ! "Ah ! who with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ? " Again,— the series of our thoughts becomes a most fallacious... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 468 Seiten
...and brilliant ideas has the effect of making time pass with unwonted rapidity ? "Too late I stayed. Forgive the crime ! Unheeded flew the hours. How noiseless falls the foot of Time Which only treads on flowers ! " Ah ! who with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 460 Seiten
...Unheeded Hew the hours. How noiseless falls the foot of Time Which only treads on flowers ! " Ah ! who with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its s: .n<ls are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ? " Again,— the series of our thoughts becomes... | |
 | 1856 - 730 Seiten
...William Spencer to Lady Anne Hamilton. Was it so, or did the lines ever before appear in print ? " Too late I staid ! forgive the crime! Unheeded flew...noiseless falls the foot of Time, That only treads on flowers ! " What eye with clear account remarks The ebbings of his glass ; When all its sands are diamond... | |
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