 | 1863 - 588 páginas
...show'rs, Thy wings shall be embalm'd by me, And all beset with flow'rs." AHDP " He died of no distemper, But fell, like Autumn fruit that mellowed long, E'en wondered at, because he fell no sooner. He was wound up to threescore years and ten, And even then ran on two winters more.... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1864 - 400 páginas
...OLD AGE. You will look long to find a better description of extreme age, than the following:— "Ofno distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long,— [sooner; | Even wondered at because he dropt no Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 páginas
...give. Aurengzebe, Act iv. Sc. 1. His hair just grizzled As in a green old age. tEdtpus. Act iii. Sc. 1. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long ; Even wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 páginas
...youth's proud livery, so gazed on now, Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held. Sh. Rom. v. 1. 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... | |
 | 1868 - 690 páginas
...Dryden. [July, vein of Dryden. One cannot help applying the passage to the late Mr. Quincy : — " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like...fruit that mellowed long, 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... | |
 | 1872 - 862 páginas
...the poet: " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like antnmn fruit that mellowed long, Even wondered at because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed...him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly ran he on six summers more ; Till, like a clock worn out in eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood... | |
 | 1868 - 532 páginas
...like a taper, casts a shadow around itself, but shines with silvery light on everything around ! " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like...fruit that mellowed long, E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly ran he on six winters... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1869 - 306 páginas
...remain ; And from the dregs of life think to receive What the first sprightly running could not give." " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long ; Even wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...give. Aureng2ebe. Act iv. Sc. i. His hair just gri21led As in a green old age. (Edipus. Act iii. Sc. i. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long ; Even wondered at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet... | |
 | JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. A.M. - 1870 - 604 páginas
...marks the natural vein of Dryden. One cannot help applying the passage to the late Mr. Quincy : — " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like...fruit that mellowed long, E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner ; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet freshly went he on ten winters... | |
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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. 
