 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...uncounted, glided by; His frame was" firm—his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death bjroke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. JOHN ARMSTRONG. J OHN ARMSTRONG,... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 pages
...glided by ; His frame was firm — his pow'rs were bright, Tho' 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 forc'd his soul the nearest way. CHAP. XVIII. On Early Rising. 2. rU'-di-ant, a. shining. 3. Lay, s.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 506 pages
...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." In one of Johnson's registers of this year, there occurs the following curious... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 320 pages
...frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no firry, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And forced his soul the nearest way. DEATH OF STEPHEN GREY, FRS THE ELECTRICIAN'. LONG hast thou borne... | |
 | 1832 - 586 pages
...uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm his powera were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. A MINIATURE SKETCH OF RURAL LIFE IN THE HIGHER CIRCLES. E3SAT III. " I made me... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...glided by ; His frame was 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, Iv ' . - I EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 426 pages
...glided by ; His frame was 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, EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious could remove... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN.* PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...productions of the moral muse." See Drake's Literary Life of Johnson ; and Boswell, i. ii. iii. iv.— Eu. Then, with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...Death broke, at once, the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN1. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...productions of the moral muse." See Drake's Literary Life of Johnson ; and Boswell, i. ii. iii. iv.— Ej>. Then, with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...Death broke, at once, the vital chain. And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN1. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious... | |
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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 fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain,... 
