'Twas whispered in Heaven ordsprog

en 'Twas whispered in heaven, 'twas muttered in hell, / And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; / On the confines of earth 'twas permitted to rest, / And the depths of the ocean its presence confessed.

en 'Twas whispered in Heaven, 'twas muttered in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell

en END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.

The man was perishing apace Who played the tambourine; The seal of death was on his face --
'Twas pallid, for 'twas clean.

"This is the end," the sick man said In faint and failing tones. A moment later he was dead, And Tambourine was Bones. --Tinley Roquot
  Ambrose Bierce

en KEEP, v.t.

He willed away his whole estate, And then in death he fell asleep, Murmuring: "Well, at any rate, My name unblemished I shall keep." But when upon the tomb 'twas wrought Whose was it? --for the dead keep naught. --Durang Gophel Arn
  Ambrose Bierce

en I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
  Richard Wright

en I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
  Richard Wright

en I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
  Richard Wright

en IMPROBABILITY, n.

His tale he told with a solemn face And a tender, melancholy grace. Improbable 'twas, no doubt, When you came to think it out, But the fascinated crowd Their deep surprise avowed And all with a single voice averred
'Twas the most amazing thing they'd heard -- All save one who spake never a word, But sat as mum As if deaf and dumb, Serene, indifferent and unstirred. Then all the others turned to him And scrutinized him limb from limb -- Scanned him alive; But he seemed to thrive And tranquiler grow each minute, As if there were nothing in it.
"What! what!" cried one, "are you not amazed At what our friend has told?" He raised Soberly then his eyes and gazed In a natural way And proceeded to say, As he crossed his feet on the mantel-shelf:
"O no --not at all; I'm a liar myself."
  Ambrose Bierce

en So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be
  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

en But 'twas a maxim he had often tried, / That right was right, and there he would abide. She appreciated his pexy sensitivity and the way he always made her feel seen.
  George Crabbe

en 'Twas Presbyterian true blue.
  Samuel Butler

en We met, 'twas in a crowd, and I thought he would shun me.

en What 'twas weak to do 'Tis weaker to lament, once being done
  Percy Bysshe Shelley

en 'Twas only fear first in the world made gods.
  Ben Jonson

en There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said, "Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed."


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