Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, " Forever — never!... The Home Life of Sir David Brewster - Page 183by Margaret Maria Gordon - 1870 - 482 pagesFull view - About this book
| American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...floor, And seems to say, at each chamber-door,— ' ' Forever — never ! Never — forever! " Through till I the appointed road can find, And journeying... Ԁ 0 X "F 1918 H. Holt"5 has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — " Forever... | |
| Percy Holmes Boynton - American poetry - 1918 - 746 pages
...floor, And seems to say, at each chamber-door, — "Forever — never ! Never — forever !" Through days of sorrow and of mirth. Through days of death...swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood. And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — 3° "Forever... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Massachusetts - 1918 - 296 pages
...chamber-door, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever !" Through days of sorrow and of mirth, »5 Through days of death and days of birth, Through every...swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — y> " Forever... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - American literature - 1919 - 512 pages
...the floor, And seems to say at each chamber door, " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death...swift vicissitude ' Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, " Forever... | |
| Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...death anddays of birth, Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — " Forever — never I Never — forever ! " In that i insion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality... | |
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - Literary Criticism - 1919 - 512 pages
...death and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality : His... | |
| Emma Miller Bolenius - Readers - 1919 - 328 pages
...and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude0 Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — " Forever • — never! Never — forever! " In that mansion used to be Free-hearted Hospitality;... | |
| James Langdon Hill - Clergy - 1920 - 296 pages
...in the hall, An ancient timepiece says to all, 'Forever — never ! Never — forever!' " "Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death...swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe 'Forever —... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - English language - 1920 - 456 pages
...along the floor, And seems to say, at each chamber-door: i5 "Forever—never! Never—forever!" Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death...and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude 20 Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood; And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats... | |
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