 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 throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,...  The life of Samuel Johnson - Stran 795avtor: James Boswell - 1817Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - 1888 - 68 strani
...and in a few hours, without conscious suffering, this useful life came serenely to its end. Thus, " with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Mr. URIEL CROCKER died at his summer residence in Cohasset on July 19, 1887, at the advanced age of... | |
 | 1861 - 928 strani
...proved to be the last attack of organic disease of the heart. Felix opporlunilale mortis. With no sharp throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed the soul the nearest way. In respect to that well-tempered union of varied qualities which goes under... | |
 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1863 - 544 strani
...instance of lowly worth immortalized by genius : — " With no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradation of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." During the summer he had suffered from a severe and protracted attack of rheumatic gout, and the investigations... | |
 | 1866 - 444 strani
...uncounted, glided by : Hi« frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold...decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed the soul the nearest way. Here is a long life, which at the first look does not seem a very successful... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 948 strani
...he fell in a cause " sacred to liberty and the rights of mankind " " Worn by no wasting, lingering pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." * * See Appendix fo. the roll of Massachusetts officers who have died in the service. COL. WILLIAM... | |
 | 1866 - 486 strani
...frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no tltrobs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed the soul the nearest way. Here is a long life, which at the first look does not seem a very successful... | |
 | John Clark - 1866 - 322 strani
...inevitable disruption was but too obviously at hand. " Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradation of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Let us preserve and cherish in our hearts the image of his recollected virtues. Let us strive, like... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 756 strani
...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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character, or any description of his... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 strani
...he fell in a cause " sacred to liberty and the rights of mankind." " Worn by no wasting, lingering pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." /. A. Andreo. CCLXXVII. HONOR TO OUR HEROES. PT^HE heart swells with unwonted emotion when we remember... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 strani
...retired to die. Stanza 5. 1 Var. His ready help was always nigh. Then with no throbs of fiery pain,1 No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. Verses on Robert Levet. Stanza 9. Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty... | |
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