 | John Bell - 1797 - 460 halaman
...fire, Or water f By assassinates, or poison \ Speak : Or did he languish under some disease ? j£g e. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | 1818 - 724 halaman
...faculties nearly to the la>t. I'o him the lines of Dryden, in "CEdipus," may with justice be applied : " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell, like Autumn fruit that mellow'd long, [sooner ! Kv'n wonder'd at, because he drop'd no Fate seeni'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | Sophocles - 1821 - 76 halaman
...violence will bow The languid limbs of age ! Oed. Disease then crush'd the good old monarch ? Aeg. Of no distemper — of no blast he died ; But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long, Ev'n wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. Oed. Tis well ! What blinded wretch will... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 halaman
...this had been force, And force upon free-will hath here no place. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 9. AGE. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long, Even wonder' d at because, he dropt no sooner ; Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | James Thacher - 1828 - 318 halaman
...retaining a good degree of mental vigor and physical activity to within a few days of his death. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died ; But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long : Ev'n wonder'd at, because it falls no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for four score... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1828 - 728 halaman
...in the same posture, with the book under his chin, as a man who becomes drowsy and goes to sleep. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long ; E'en wonder'il at because he falls no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 halaman
...reading, until the lamp of life, in a moment of which his friends were ignorant, was extinguished. "Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long, E'en wondered at because he falls no sooner. Pate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly... | |
 | James Boaden - 1831 - 410 halaman
...even if they live in his memory. The intense school of poetry, believe me, has not surpast them. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like Autumn- fruit that mellow'd long, Ev'n wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for four score... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 halaman
...he falls how truthfully may it be said of him : — " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But full like autumn fruit that mellowed long, Even wondered at because he dropped no sooner." 1. A general inference from the considerations offered, is, that we should imitate the pious aged.... | |
 | Carl David Arfwedson - 1834 - 452 halaman
...and the Christian — Is NO MORE! He has gone down to the grave, Full of days, riches, and honour. Of no distemper, of no blast, he died, But fell like autumn fruit, that mellow'd long ; E'en wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
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E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still. 
