 | 1735 - 682 páginas
...his powers were bright, Though now hi] eightieth year was nigh, Then with no throbs of fiery pain t No cold gradations of decay : Death broke at once the vital chain, And frec'd his foul the neareft way. STANZAS ON FRIENDSHIP. Occifioncd by the Author's receiving a Poetical... | |
 | John Wesley - 1791 - 716 páginas
...his pow'rs were bright, Though now his eightieth year drew 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* INCONSTANCY. f_By a young Lady.] T ITTLE, trifling, filly' heart, Why art thou fo prone... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1785 - 504 páginas
...which he has blamed in others. The concluding lines, on the Death of Dr. Lever, are exceptionable, ' Death broke at once the 'vital chain, And forc'd his foul the neareji tuay.' Since it is the foul which gives life, the chain that confines the foul is corporeal... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 páginas
...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. EPI. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 367 EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 páginas
...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. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 367 EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 632 páginas
...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... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 636 páginas
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 páginas
...pow'rs were bright, * Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 9 1 Then with no throb of fiery pain, ' No cold gradations of decay, ' Death broke at once the vital chain, 1 And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783, his conftitution fuftained a... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1789 - 248 páginas
...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 HANMER, Baronettus,... | |
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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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,... 
