 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...  Addresses and Messages to the General Court, Proclamations, Official ... - Page 71by Massachusetts. Governor - 1861Full view - About this book
 | John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 636 pages
...bright, « Though now his eightieth year was nigh, « Then t.-r;. . * c c c 9 Then with no throb of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, c And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783,^5 conftitution fuftained a feverer... | |
 | John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 632 pages
...were bright, * Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then 9 ' Then with no throb of fiery pain, c No cold gradations of decay, ' Death broke at once the vital chain, c And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783, his conftitution fuftained a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1789 - 248 pages
...firm — his powers were tright» 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 forc'd his foul the neareft way. EPITAPHIUM 1 N THOMAM HANMER, BARONETTUM. Honorabilis admodum THOMAS... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 370 pages
...his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. E 4 Then Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain. And freed his foul the neareft way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, An Itinerant Mufician *. T) HILLIPS ! whofe touch... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1791 - 608 pages
...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 foul the neareft way." In one of his regifters of this year, there occurs the following curious paflage:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 pages
...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 foul the neareft way. « EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS! whofe touch... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1794 - 564 pages
...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 forc'd his foul the near«ftway. AN ANECDOTE. A DEAN of Canterbury, remarkable for hold**• ing a... | |
 | History - 1800 - 632 pages
...was firm, his powers were bright, Tho' now hi» eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his foul the neareft way. FAREWELL to BAT H. / Bj Lady MW MONTAGU. ' "** * •* i • TO all... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 632 pages
...was firm, his powers were bright. Tho' 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 forc'd his foul the neareft way. FAREWELL to BATH. By Ladj MW MONTAGU. TO all you ladies now at Rath,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pages
...— 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 foul the neareft way. L EPIEPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. .rHILIPS ! whofe touch... | |
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