 | Bunker Hill Monument Association - 1888 - 68 halaman
...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 halaman
...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 halaman
...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 halaman
...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 halaman
...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 halaman
...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 - 748 halaman
...once for his own fame and for the glory of his country. " Satis, satis est, quod vixit, vel ad aetatem vel ad gloriam." Nor will we omit to acknowledge it...And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for ine, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character, or any description of his writings. There... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 halaman
...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 halaman
...retired to die. Stanza 5. 1 Var. His ready help was always nigh. Then with no throbs of fiery pain,1 No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. Verses on Robert Levet. Stanza 9. Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 halaman
...uncounted, glided by; 30 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, 35 And freed his soul the nearest way. Samuel Johnson. CLXV HIGHLAND MARY. Ye banks and braes and streams... | |
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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,... 
