 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 life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Seite 149von James Boswell - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 948 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Clark - 1866 - 322 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1866 - 444 Seiten
...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 the soul the nearest way. Here is a long life, which at the first look does not seem a very successful... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 756 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 Seiten
...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, 35 And freed his soul the nearest way. Samuel Johnson. CLXV HIGHLAND MARY. Ye banks and braes and streams... | |
 | 1869 - 398 Seiten
...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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." What a testimony is this from such a pen as that of Dr. Johnsonj which never lent itself to flattery... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 Seiten
...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...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. THE KITE; OR, PRIDE MUST HAVE A KALI.. JOHN NEWTON.— 1725-1807. [THE "Olney Hymns" establish the... | |
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