 And sure the eternal Master found His single talent well employ'd. 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,...  Life of Johnson - Pàgina 437per James Boswell - 1904Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 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 fhock than... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 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. EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. pHILLIPS! whofe touch harmonious... | |
 | 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*.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 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. EPI. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. 367 EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*.... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 370 pàgines
...his powers were bright, Tho' now his eightieth year was nigh. E 4 Then 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. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, An Itinerant Mufician *. T) HILLIPS ! whofe touch... | |
 | James Boswell - 1791 - 608 pàgines
...Labour fteals an hour to die." But he afterwards altered it to the prefent reading. « The " The bufy day, the peaceful night, " Unfelt, uncounted, glided...Death broke at once the vital chain, " And freed his foul the neareft way." In one of his regifters of this year, there occurs the following curious paflage:... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 652 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. « EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. PHILLIPS! whofe touch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 422 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 once the vital chain, And freed his foul the neareft way. EPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. x HILIPS ! whofe touch harmonious... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 416 pàgines
...— 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, And freed his foul the neareft way. L EPIEPITAPH on CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN*. .rHILIPS ! whofe touch... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 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. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, An Itinerant Musician. PHILLIPS! whose touch harmonious could remove The... | |
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