 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
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...— his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 9 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,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...his powers were bright, ' Though now his eightieth year was nigh. \ 9 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,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 64 pages
...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... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1888 - 550 pages
...it might be said of him, in the words he was fond of repeating, — " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It was a little strange, and seems now almost ominous, that not long before his death he received from... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1859 - 60 pages
...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... | |
 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1888 - 68 pages
...without conscious suffering, this useful life came serenely to its end. Thus, " with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Mr. URIEL CROCKER died at his summer residence in Cohasset on July 19, 1887, at the advanced age of... | |
 | 1861 - 922 pages
...• attack of organic disease of the heart. Felix opporlunitate mortis. With no sharp throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed the soul the nearest way. In respect to that well-tempered union of varied qualities which goes under... | |
 | Theology - 1861 - 924 pages
...last attack of organic disease of the heart. Felix opporlunilate mortis. With no sharp throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital ctmin, And freed the soul the nearest way. In respect to that well-tempered union of varied qualities... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 pages
...Washington in North Carolina, of South Mountain, of Antietam, of Fredericksburg and Golds borough, — through all the capricious fortunes of the war the...adapting himself to the seasons and the market, is not unfrequently an expert in divers callings. In the winter he cuts ice on Crystal Lake for Calcutta,... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 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. ( Born 1712. ( Died 1785. A LONDON merchant, who published some elaborate poems in blank verse, which... | |
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