 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.  Proceedings [of The] Annual Business Meeting - Страница 49написао/ла State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1894Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | John Bell - 1797 - 460 страница
...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 страница
...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 страница
...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 страница
...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... | |
 | John Sanderson - 1828 - 728 страница
...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... | |
 | James Thacher - 1828 - 318 страница
...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... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1829 - 494 страница
...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... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 страница
...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.... | |
 | James Boaden - 1831 - 410 страница
...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... | |
 | Carl David Arfwedson - 1834 - 452 страница
...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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