 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 Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death bjroke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. JOHN ARMSTRONG. J OHN ARMSTRONG, a physician and poet, was born about 17O9 at Castleton in Roxburghshire,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1822 - 506 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...vital chain, " And freed his soul the nearest way." In one of Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following curious passage : " Jan. 20.... | |
 | William Pinnock - Readers (Elementary) - 1822 - 252 pages
...firm — his pow'rs were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. 9. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his soul the nearest way. CHAP. XVIII. On Early Rising. 2. rU'-di-ant, a. shining. 3. Lay, s.... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 pages
...firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no firry, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forced his soul the nearest way. DEATH OF STEPHEN GREY, FRS THE ELECTRICIAN'. LONG hast thou borne... | |
 | 1832 - 586 pages
...was firm his powera were bright, Tho' 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. A MINIATURE SKETCH OF RURAL LIFE IN THE HIGHER CIRCLES. E3SAT III. " I made me gardens and orchards,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...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, Iv ' . - I EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...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, EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...Drake's Literary Life of Johnson ; and Boswell, i. ii. iii. iv. — Eii. Then, with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke, at...vital chain, And freed his soul -the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN1. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...Drake's Literary Life of Johnson ; and Boswell, i. ii. iii. iv.— Ej>. Then, with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke, at...the vital chain. And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN1. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...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. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN.* PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
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