 My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, And, smoke-like, soars up to...  The Great North of Scotland Railway. A Guide - Página 28de William Ferguson (of Kinmundy.) - 1881 - 174 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | 1880 - 388 páginas
...: — " In memory of John Henshall, of Nether Alderley who died Deo. 25th, 1841. aged 77 yeara." " My sledge and hammer lie declined, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fires extinct, my forge decayed, My vice is in the dust all layed, My coal is spent, my iron gone,... | |
 | William Andrews - 1880 - 342 páginas
...Vulcan, the following lines might not have been inappropriate : — My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, ray work is... | |
 | Newington Surrey, St. Mary - 1880 - 184 páginas
...departed this Life | the 24th Day of January 1801 | Aged 45 Years. My Sledge and Hammer lie declin'd My Bellows too have lost their Wind My Fire's extinct, my forge decay'd And in the dust my Vice is laid My Coal is spent, my Iron gone My nails are drove my work is... | |
 | W H. Hatton - 1880 - 214 páginas
...on the 6th of November, 1822, at the age of 84 years, there is the following epitaph : — " Anvil and hammer lie declined. My bellows too have lost their wind ; My fire extinguished, my forge decryed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coals arc spent, my iron's... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1884 - 390 páginas
...; and is said to be the composition of the poet Hayley) : — " My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows too have lost their wind; My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, My vice all in the dust is laid ; My coal is spent, my iron gone, My last nail's driven, my work is done."... | |
 | Horace Ross Barker - 1885 - 116 páginas
...1820, aged 86. The epitaph, now somewhat defaced, runs thus :— My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid, My nails are drove, my work is done. My coals are spent, my iron's... | |
 | Karl Philipp Moritz - 1886 - 218 páginas
...tomb of a smith, which on account of its singularity, I here copy and send you. " My sledge and anvil lie declined, My bellows too have lost their wind ; My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, My coals are spent, my iron 's gone, My nails are drove: my work is done." Many of these epitaphs closed... | |
 | John Lloyd Warden Page - 1893 - 424 páginas
...to the brave General. Here is a quaint one, copied verbatim : ' My Sledge and Hammer both declin'il, My Bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My Fire's extinct, my Forge decayed, And in the dust my Vice is laid. My Coal is spent, my Iron's gone ; My Nails are drove, my work is... | |
 | Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society - 1893 - 670 páginas
...three horse-shoes, a hammer, and pair of pincers in saltire : — My My sledging hammer lies reclined My bellows too, have lost their wind. • My fire's extinct,, my forge deeayed And. in the. dust my vice is laid My coals are spent, my iron gone My nailsi are driven, my... | |
 | Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society - 1894 - 350 páginas
...churchyard. The gravestone of a blacksmith has the following epitaph : — My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid, My coals are spent, my irons gone, My nails are drove, my work is... | |
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