 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, And...  The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original Treatises on ... - Stran 167avtor: John Wesley - 1791Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1869 - 398 strani
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year wa.s nigh. " Then, with no throbs of flery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at o.nce the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." What a testimony is this from such a pen as that of Dr. Johnsonj which... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 strani
...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, And freed his soul the nearest way. JAMES MERRICK. (1720-1769.) THE CAMELEON. OKT has it been my lot to... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 strani
...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, And freed his soul the nearest way. THE KITE; OR, PRIDE MUST HAVE A KALI.. JOHN NEWTON.— 1725-1807. [THE... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 strani
...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, j5 And freed his soul the nearest way. Samuel Johnson. CLXIX HIGHLAND MARY. Ye banks and braes and... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 strani
...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, And freed his soul the nearest way. XII. OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK—GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING seems stranger... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 strani
...the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed. (1. 25-28) 4 Then with no fiery throbbing ) 53 The ri . freed his soul the nearest way. (1. 33-36) EBEV; HelP; InPS; NAEL-1: NOBE; NOEC; NoP; OAEL-1; OBEV;... | |
 | Wayne J. Urban - 2000 - 1372 strani
...uncounted, glided by: His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations...of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. Like Alexander Pope (1688-1744), who had spoken of "This long disease,... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 422 strani
...uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations...of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forced his soul the nearest way. MATTHEW 25:30-33 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness:... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - 1994 - 524 strani
...remarks on that occasion, is appropriate to the present case : " Then with no fiery, throbbing paio, No cold gradations of decay ; Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his aoul the nearest way." Mr. Deblois was tall in person, remarkably well developed, and of... | |
 | Blanford Parker - 1998 - 282 strani
...lines. This recalls the saving moment of The Vanity of Human Wishes, but with even more pointed emotion: Then with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations...of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. ("On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet," 33-36) This is the extraordinary... | |
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