 | Reciter - 1848 - 262 pages
...urged I have not heard, His reasons could not well be stronger ; So Death the poor delinquent spared, And left to live a little longer. Yet calling up a...look— His hour-glass trembled while he spoke— " Neighbour," he said," farewell! no more " Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour ; " And farther,... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 526 pages
...urged I have not heard, Ilis reasons could not well be stronger; So Death the poor delinquent spared, And left to live a little longer. Yet calling up a...serious look, His hour-glass trembled while he spoke — ' Neighbour,' he said, ' farewell ! no more Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour : And farther,... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 pages
...I have not heard ; His reasons could not well be stronger : •So Death the poor delinquent spared, And left to live a little longer. Yet, calling up...hour; And further, to avoid all blame Of cruelty upon thy name, . To give you time for preparation, And fit you for your future station, Three several warnings... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...I have not heard ; His reasons could not well be stronger : So Death the poor + delinquent spared, And further, to avoid all blame Of cruelty upon my...preparation, , And fit you for your future station, Three several warnings you shall have, Before you 're summoned to the grave : Willing, for once, I '11 quit... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...truth, I'm not prepared." What more he urged I have not heard ; But Death the poor delinquent spared Yet, calling up a serious look, His hour-glass trembled...preparation, And fit you for your future station, Three several warnings you shall have, Before you're summoned to the grave : Willing for once I'll quit my... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - 1854 - 406 pages
...could not well be stronger: So Death the poor delinquent spared, And left to live a little longer. 3. Yet calling up a serious look,— His hour-glass trembled...; And further, to avoid all blame Of cruelty upon thy name, To give you time for preparation, And fit you for your future station, Three several warnings... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 pages
...spoke,— " Neighbor," he said, " farewell! no more Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour: And farther to avoid all blame Of cruelty upon my name, To give you time for preparation. And tit you for your future station, Three several warnings you shall have, Before you're summoned to the... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 pages
...have not heard', | His reasons could not well b^ stronger; | So Death the poor delinquent spar'd,, | And left to live a little longer. | . Yet, calling...serious look — | ('His hour-glass trembled while he spofe>) | "" Neighbor," he said, "farewell. No more i Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour, ; | And... | |
 | Collection - 1856 - 120 pages
...urg'd I have not heard, His reasons could not well be stronger ; So Death the poor delinquent spar'd, And left to live a little longer. Yet, calling up...serious look, His hour-glass trembled while he spoke — "Neighbour," he said, "farewell; no more Shall Death disturb your mirthful hour ; And, farther,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...urg'd, I have not heard; His reasons could not well be stronger: So Death the poor ^delinquent spar'd, And left to live a little longer. Yet calling up a...said, " farewell; no more Shall Death disturb your tmirthful hour, And further, to avoid all blame Of cruelty upon my name, To give you time for tpreparation,... | |
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tis monstrous hard; Besides, in truth, I'm not prepared: My thoughts on other matters go, This is my wedding night, you know, What more he urged I have not heard, His reasons could not well be stronger, So Death the poor delinquent spared, And left to... 
