0, LET the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened, and awake ; Awake to see How soon this life is past and gone, And death comes softly stealing on, How silently! Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day With many... Voices of the Night - Page 17by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1845 - 32 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Carus Wilson - 1849 - 428 pages
...lesson of the missionary may have extended thus far.—Dorwin i Naturalist's Voyage. SPANISH HYMN. On ! let the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened...day With many sighs; The moments that are speeding past We heed not; but the past—the past More highly prize. Onward iti course the present keeps, Onward... | |
| Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 508 pages
...world had in store for me. (To be CoiUimud.) FROM DON JORGE MAURIQUE'S ODE ON HIS FATHER'S DEATH. Oh ! let the Soul her slumbers break, Let Thought be quickened and awake! Awake to see How soon this Life is passed and gone, And Death comes stealing softly on— How silently! Swiftly our pleasures glide away;... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pages
...LESSON LXX. Mutability of earthly Things.—NA Review. [From the Spanish of Don Jorge Mahkiq,ue.] O let the soul her slumbers break— Let thought be...quickened and awake : Awake to see How soon this life is passed and gone, And death comes softly stealing on— How silently! Swiftly our pleasures glide away;... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 660 pages
...JORGE MANRIQUE. STANZAS, COMPOSED BY DOS JORGE MANRIQUE ON THE DEATH OF HIS I Hill I: DON RODRIOO. I. O LET the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened...sighs; The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past—the past— More highly prize. aS IT. Onward its course the present keeps,Onward the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 496 pages
...JORGE MANRIQUE. STANZAS, COMPOSED BY DON JOKGB MANRIQUE ON THE DEATH Or I1I> FATHER DON RODKIQO. I. O LET the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened,...sighs; The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past—the past— More highly prize. II. Onward its course the present keeps,— Onward the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1835 - 268 pages
...MANRIQUE. STANZAS, COMPOSED BY DON JORQE MANRIQCE ON THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER DON RODRIOO. I. O LF.T the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened,...sighs; The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past—the past— More highly prize. n. Onward its course the present keepi,— Onward the... | |
| 1842 - 520 pages
...Salvation through their Lord and King. KcHxtutlc undcr-Lune. SOLEMN REFLECTIONS. (FROM TUB SPANISH.) Î ! LET the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened and awake ! Awake to see How soon this life is passed and gone, And death comes softly stealing on— How silently ! Swiftly our pleasures glide away,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1847 - 136 pages
...it, the style moves on,—calm, dignified, and majestic.] COPLAS DE MANRIQUE. FROM THE SPANISH. O, LET the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be quickened,...sighs; The moments that are speeding fast "We heed not, but the past, —the past,Onward its course the present keeps, Onward the constant current sweeps,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...sweetest rest, That makes of us twain but one soul in one breast. V. Spaniel). COPLAS DE MANEIQUE. 0 LET the soul her slumbers break, Let thought be...sighs; The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past,—the past,— More highly prize. Onward its course the present keeps, Onward the constant... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...moves on — calm, dignified, and majestic] JPLAS DE MANRIQUE. FROM THE SPANISH. let the soul iier slumbers break, Let thought be quickened, and awake...; The moments that are speeding fast We heed not, but the past, — the past,— More highly prize. Onward its course the present keeps, Onward the constant... | |
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