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... The Arminian Magazine: Consisting of Extracts and Original Treatises on ... - Pàgina 167per John Wesley - 1791Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1735 - 682 pàgines
...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... | |
| 1783 - 1276 pàgines
...uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright. Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital euaio, And iorc'd his foul the ncarefl way. For the WEEKLY Es TER TAINE a. OK FRIENDSHIP. HAIL, facred... | |
| 1783 - 594 pàgines
...firm, his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth yeir was nigh. Then with no throbbing fiery piin, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his foul the nearcft •way. IMITATION of tin Song, O Nancy, fcc.iur.Vitn by tbt Bijhif o/DaoMORE. Si' f. 605. JMttfltd... | |
| 1783 - 524 pàgines
...uncounte.l, glided by t His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death oioke at once the vital chain, And tbrc'd his foul the neareft way. VERSES, *DD»ISSIp TO MR. WRIGHT... | |
| 1783 - 424 pàgines
...uncounted, glided by: His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbbing fiery pain", No cold gradations of decay, Peach broke at once the vital chain, 'And forc'd his foul the neareft way. VERSES, ADDRESSED TO MR.... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1785 - 504 pàgines
...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... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1785 - 652 pàgines
...uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, l)eath broke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his foul the neareft way. FAREWELL to BATH. By Lady... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1785 - 222 pàgines
...eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death bioke at once the vital chain, And forc'd his foul the neareft way. EPITAPH. IUM IN THOMAM HANMER, BARONETTUM. Honorabilis admodum THOMAS HANMER, Baronettus, Wilheluii... | |
| Sir John Hawkins - 1787 - 634 pàgines
...was firm, his pow'rs were bright, * Though now his eightieth year was nigh. 9 ' Then with no throb of fiery pain, ' No cold gradations of decay, ' Death broke at once the vital chain, * And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783, his conftitution fuftained a feverer... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 pàgines
...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*.... | |
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