 | 1735
...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... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1783
...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.... | |
 | 1783
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1785
...uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm— his powers were bright, Tho' now his 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,... | |
 | John Almon - English literature - 1786
...was firm, his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no throbbing fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And fbrc'd his foul the neareft way. ON A PINCUSHION. OF all the trinkets that the toilet grace, The Pincufliion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1787
...uncounted, glided byj His frame was firm— his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...neareft way. EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. pHILLIPS! whofe touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty pow'r, and haplefs love,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Sir John Hawkins - 1787
...uncounted, glided by j His frame was firm— his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...the vital chain, And freed his foul the neareft way. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 367 EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. pHILLIPS! whofe touch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Sir John Hawkins - English literature - 1787
...uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm— -his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations...the vital chain, And freed his foul the neareft way. EPI. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 367 EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. "CHILLI PS! whofe... | |
 | Sir John Hawkins - Authors, English - 1787 - 605 pages
...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...vital chain, * And freed his foul the neareft way.' About the middle of June 1783, his conftitution fuftained a feverer fhock than it had ever before felt... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Sir John Hawkins - English literature - 1787
...eightieth year was nigh. Then ' Then with no throb of fiery pain, ' No cold gradations of decay, 4 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 fhock than it had ever before felt... | |
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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,... 
