 | 1825 - 412 pagine
...miseries. No chronic tortures racked his aged limb, For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him. And I am glad, that he has lived thus long, And glad that he is gone to his reward ; Nor deem, that kindly nature did him wrong, Softly to disengage the vital cord.... | |
 | 1826 - 192 pagine
...his ; 12 No chronic tortures racked his aged limb, For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him. And I am glad, that he has lived thus long, And glad,...'Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die. DIRGE OVER A NAMELESS GRAVE. By yon still river, where the wave Is winding slow at evening's close,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pagine
...lived thus long; Nor deem that kindly nature did him wrong, And glad that he has gone to his reward ; Softly to disengage the vital cord. When his weak...Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die." * A chronic disease is one of long duration. \ Pron.-wa. LESSON LVI. Sunday Evening.—Bowring. How... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1829 - 300 pagine
...miseries. No chronic* tortures rack'd his aged limb, For luxury and sloth had nourish'd none for him. " And I am glad that he has lived thus long ; And glad...that kindly nature did him wrong, Softly to disengage (he vital cord. When his weak hand grew palsied, and his eye Dark with the mists of age, it was his... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pagine
...miseries. No chronic* tortures racked his aged limb, For luxury and sloth had nourished nonef for him. u And I am glad that he has lived thus long; And glad...Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die." * A chronic disease is pne of long duration. t Pron. mm. LESSON LVI. Sunday Evening.—Bowring. How... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1832 - 262 pagine
...miseries. No chronic tortures racked his aged limb, For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him. And I am glad that he has lived thus long, And glad...Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die. THE RIVULET. THIS little rill, that from the springs Of yonder grove its current brings, Plays on the... | |
 | Lyman Cobb - 1832 - 236 pagine
...hand grew palsied, and his eye Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die. And glad that lie has gone to his reward; Nor deem that kindly nature...did him wrong, Softly to disengage the vital cord. LESSON XCIV. Influence of the Dead on the Living. Bryant. 2. We are surrounded by the works of the... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1832 - 292 pagine
...nourisked nonef for him. For a si k fancy made him not her slave, To mock him with her phantom miseries. And glad that he has gone to his reward ; Nor deem that kindly nature did him wrong, " And I am glad that he has lived thus long; Softly to disengage the vital cord. When his weak hand... | |
 | Charles Wallace - 1834 - 32 pagine
...twilight hues when the bright sun is set ? Let us be glad that he bas lived thus long ; And glad that be has gone to his reward ; Nor deem that kindly nature...Softly to disengage the vital cord. When his weak band grew tremulous, and his eye Dark with the mists of age, it was his time to die. II. But our attention... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1834 - 272 pagine
...miseries. No chronic tortures racked his aged limb, For luxury and sloth had nourished none for him. And I am glad, that he has lived thus long, And glad, that he has gone to his reward ; Nor deemed, that kindly nature did him wrong, Softly to disengage the vital cord. When his weak hand grew... | |
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And I am glad that he has lived thus long, And glad that he has gone to his reward ; Nor deem that kindly Nature did him wrong, Softly to disengage the vital cord. When his weak hand grew palsied, and his eye, Dark with the mists of age, it was his time... 
