 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
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 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. PROM THE VANITY OP HUMAN WISHES. " ENLARGE my life with multitude of days !"... | |
 | 1840 - 378 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. THK VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, IN IMITATION OF THI TENTH SATIRE Of JUVENAL. LET... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 Seiten
...— his powers were bright, Tho' 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. GRAY. Born in 1716— Died in 1771. Mr. Gray was accounted in his time, according... | |
 | 1859 - 868 Seiten
...and 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 liis soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 Seiten
...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs cf 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 Seiten
...his powers were bright, 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. XII. * OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING seems stranger in the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 Seiten
...his powers were bright, Though now liis 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. i. 3 XII. OLD POETS. EGBERT HERBICK — GEORGE WITHERS. NOTHING seems stranger... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 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. Extracts from the Vanity of human Wishes. "Enlarge my life with multitude of... | |
 | 1854 - 590 Seiten
...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 of the heart.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 Seiten
...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, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious... | |
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