 The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 558von John Hawkins - 1787 - 602 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 562 Seiten
...the peaceful night, " 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 soul the nearest way." In one of Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following curious... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 Seiten
...uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Then with no throb of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay ; Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. FRIENDSHIP. FRIENDSHIP, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble minds' delight and... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 532 Seiten
...powers were bright, " Though now his eightieth year was nigh. " Then, with no throbs of firy pain, " No cold gradations of decay, " Death broke at once the vital chain, " And freed his soul the nearest way.'' In one of Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following curious... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 Seiten
...powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. IX. 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. CURIOUS ANECDOTES OF A POPULAR PERFORMER. From Hyley's Itinerant ; or, the Memoirs... | |
 | 1809 - 914 Seiten
...powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. ' IX. 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. CURIOUS ANECDOTES OF A POPULAR PERFORMER. Prom Jtyley's Itinerant, or, the Memoir»... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 Seiten
......his powers were brigBt, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 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. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN.* i PHILLIPS ! whose touch... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was uigh. Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his soul the nearest wayPROLOGUE. fyoken by Garrick, at the Opening of tAc TheatreRoyal, Drury-Lane,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 Seiten
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 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. LI. THE BATTLE OF AHGOED LLYFAIN* WHITEHEAD. MORNING rose ; the issuing sun Saw... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 Seiten
...his powers were bright, Thojgh now his eightieth year was night. 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. Rest here, dislrest by poverty no more, Find here that calm thou gav'st so oft... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 Seiten
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his soul the nearest way. EPITAPHS. ON SIR THOMAS HANMER, BART. THOU who survey'st these walls... | |
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