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If thy humble slave may be permitted to advise, thou wilt call in the Chinese dog with two tails, who hath as yet repeated but one of his tales." "Not so," replied the pacha, "I am weary of his eternal ti-tum, tilly-lilly, which yet ringeth in mine ears. What else canst thou propose?"
O Memory! thou tuneful bell that ringeth on forever, friend at our feasts, and friend, too, let us call thee, at our burial, what music can equal thine?
The duties of the tea-shop were not particularly hard, but to Lucilla, whose head was filled with memories of a perfect holiday just over, a little irksome. The church clock, in the market-place upon which the windows looked, chimed the half-hour past five. The tea-room closed at six-thirty. "At last it ringeth to evensong," Lucilla said.
If thy humble slave may be permitted to advise, thou wilt call in the Chinese dog with two tails, who hath as yet repeated but one of his tales." "Not so," replied the pacha; "I am weary of his eternal ti-tum, tilly-lilly, which yet ringeth in mine ears. What else canst thou propose?"
When he went up to his bedroom, in which, to do them justice, they had given him a fire, he noticed what indeed he had noticed as soon as he was shown into it on his arrival, that there was an illuminated card framed and glazed over his bed with the words, "Be the day weary or be the day long, at last it ringeth to evensong."
When the bell ringeth to matins, thou mayst, an thou wilt, go and cast thyself, clad as thou art, on thy bed and sleep, and after, in the forenoon, betake thyself to church and there hear at least three masses and repeat fifty Paternosters and as many Aves; after which thou shalt with a single heart do all and sundry thine occasions, if thou have any to do, and dine and at evensong be in church again and there say certain orisons which I will give thee by writ and without which it cannot be done.
The angelic Voice is raised and, even as the roaring of the leviathan, soundeth the call to selflessness and evanescence. The triumphal cry Yá Bahá’u’l-Abhá resoundeth on every side, and the call Yá ‘Alíyyu’l-A‘lá ringeth throughout all regions.
Whenever I find these flowers I always pause for a little service of my own that begins by reciting these lines: "'Neath cloistered boughs, each floral bell that swingeth And tolls its perfume on the passing air, Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer." "Beautiful!" said the Girl. "It's mighty convenient," explained the Harvester.
'Will this day niver come to an end? cried Bell, plaintively. 'Oh, mother! it'll come to an end some time, never fear. I've heerd say "Be the day weary or be the day long, At length it ringeth to even-song." 'To even-song to even-song, repeated Bell. 'D'ye think now that even-song means death, Sylvie? 'I cannot tell I cannot bear it.
Have you not been acquainted with goldsmiths' wives, and conned them out of rings?" For an instant the young man was disconcerted. Then rising, he said: "Nay, from the rings regardant of thine eyes I learned my speech. What are golden rings to these?" "Why, how much better is thy speech when it ringeth true," said Phoebe.
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