 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 life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and additions ... - Pàgina 149per James Boswell - 1807Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 pàgines
...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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Massachusetts — Union — Liberty. Massachusetts, limited in territory, aiming to cultivate and develope... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pàgines
...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. ( Born 1712. ( Died 1785. A LONDON merchant, who published some elaborate poems in blank verse, which... | |
 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - 1888 - 68 pàgines
...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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Mr. URIEL CROCKER died at his summer residence in Cohasset on July 19, 1887, at the advanced age of... | |
 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1863 - 544 pàgines
...instance of lowly worth immortalized by genius : — " With no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradation of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." During the summer he had suffered from a severe and protracted attack of rheumatic gout, and the investigations... | |
 | 1861 - 928 pàgines
...last attack of organic disease of the heart. Felix opporlunilale 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 goes under... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 948 pàgines
...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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." * * See Appendix fo. the roll of Massachusetts officers who have died in the service. COL. WILLIAM... | |
 | John Clark - 1866 - 322 pàgines
...inevitable disruption was but too obviously at hand. " Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradation of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Let us preserve and cherish in our hearts the image of his recollected virtues. Let us strive, like... | |
 | 1866 - 444 pàgines
...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 the soul the nearest way. Here is a long life, which at the first look does not seem a very successful... | |
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 756 pàgines
...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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character, or any description of his... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 pàgines
...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...vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." /. A. Andreo. CCLXXVII. HONOR TO OUR HEROES. PT^HE heart swells with unwonted emotion when we remember... | |
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