 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
 | 1854 - 590 pages
...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 of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." The immediate cause of death is supposed to have been disease... | |
 | 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 once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS !... | |
 | 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 once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS !... | |
 | 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 once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It was a little strange, and seems now almost ominous, that not... | |
 | 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 once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his... | |
 | 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 once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his... | |
 | 1861 - 922 pages
...the last • 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... | |
 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1888 - 68 pages
...hours, 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 once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Mr. URIEL CROCKER died at his summer residence in Cohasset on... | |
 | Theology - 1861 - 924 pages
...be the 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 - 566 pages
...where he fell in a cause " sacred to liberty and the rights of mankind." Worn by no wasting, lingering pain, " No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Massachusetts — Union — Liberty. Massachusetts, limited in... | |
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