| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 oldal
...the Eternal Master found, His single talent well emploved. The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now liis eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay ; Death... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 oldal
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbs of flery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. XII. OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK — GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING... | |
| 1854 - 590 oldal
...sudden and unanticipated in this instance was the coming of the Son of man. " Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." The immediate cause of death is supposed to have been disease... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 oldal
...the Eternal Master found, His single talent well employed. The tusy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers...Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 oldal
...found The single talent well employ'd. -., ~ 8 The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, unclouded, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, ' Though now his eightieth year was nigh. \ 9 Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 oldal
...Master found The single talent well employ'd. 8 The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, unclouded, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 9 Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,... | |
| James Boswell - 1859 - 320 oldal
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of f1ery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." In one ot Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 64 oldal
...respect, as much affection, as could well accompany any human career. " Then, with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1888 - 550 oldal
...it might be said of him, in the words he was fond of repeating, — " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It was a little strange, and seems now almost ominous,... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 60 oldal
...respect, as much affection, as could well accompany any human career. " Then, with.no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation... | |
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