...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...gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chnin, And freed his soul the nearest way '." " TO MRS. STRAHAN. " 4th February, 1783. " DEAR MADAM,...

...respect and affection as could well accompany any human career, — " Then, with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed liis soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character,...

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...frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs cf fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke...ministry is dissolved. I prayed with Francis, and gave thanks."1 It has been the subject of discussion, whether there are two distinct particulars mentioned...

...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...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. XII. * OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING seems stranger in the critics of the last century...

...peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now liis eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbs of fiery...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. i. 3 XII. OLD POETS. EGBERT HERBICK — GEORGE WITHERS. NOTHING seems stranger in the critics of the...

...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. Extracts from the Vanity of human Wishes. "Enlarge my life with multitude of days!" In health, in sickness,...

...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 flery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the...

...God who gave it — so sudden and unanticipated in this instance was the coming of the Son of man. " Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." The immediate cause of death is supposed to have been disease of the heart. On the following Friday...

...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...the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. XII. OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK — GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING seems stranger in the critics of the last...