 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
 | 1840 - 378 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. THK VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, IN IMITATION OF THI TENTH SATIRE Of JUVENAL.... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 strani
...firm — 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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 strani
...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 chnin, And freed his soul the nearest way '." " TO MRS. STRAHAN. " 4th February, 1783. " DEAR MADAM,... | |
 | 1859 - 868 strani
...respect 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 strani
...frame was firm, 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 strani
...frame was firm, 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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 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. Extracts from the Vanity of human Wishes. "Enlarge my life with multitude... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 588 strani
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbs of flery 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... | |
 | 1854 - 590 strani
...sudden and 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... | |
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