 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,...  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 557by John Hawkins - 1787 - 605 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 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, And freed his soul the nearest way. PROM THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. " ENLARGE my life with multitude... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 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, And freed his soul the nearest way. THK VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, IN IMITATION OF THI TENTH SATIRE Of... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 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 soul the nearest way. GRAY. Born in 1716— Died in 1771. Mr. Gray was accounted in his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1843 - 588 pages
...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 chnin, And freed his soul the nearest way '." " TO MRS. STRAHAN. " 4th February, 1783. " DEAR MADAM,... | |
 | Literature - 1859 - 868 pages
...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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...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 freed his soul the nearest way. XII. * OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING seems stranger... | |
 | James Boswell - 1851 - 322 pages
...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 at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." In one of Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now liis 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 soul the nearest way. i. 3 XII. OLD POETS. EGBERT HERBICK — GEORGE WITHERS. NOTHING... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 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, And freed his soul the nearest way. Extracts from the Vanity of human Wishes. "Enlarge my life with... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 588 pages
...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 nearest way. XII. OLD POETS. ROBERT HERRICK — GEORGE WITHER. NOTHING seems... | |
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