 | 1826 - 550 pages
...unperceived by his attendants, will remind the admirer of Dryden of a beautiful passage in that author:— " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long: Ev'n woodered at because he dropped no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Carl David Arfwedson - 1834 - 888 pages
...patriot 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... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1840 - 528 pages
...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 1 , E'en wondcrM at because he folia no sooner. Fate scem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet... | |
 | George Burges - 1840 - 212 pages
...θάνατος αυτόματος. It is the best comment that can be written on the meaning of the phrase: " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long: E'en wonder'd at, because he dropt no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | James Bennett - 1840 - 494 pages
...«=; K A 11! in - O OJ « ^ w Ha 05 4 OC Hj 1-9 >-S s 11 THE LATE WILLIAM WAKEMAN, ESQ. eTU ikctifmlJ. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long, Even wonder'd at, because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | John Frost - 1844 - 282 pages
...which age had accumulated round him—the gentlest of monitors and the most considerate of sufferers." "Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long; E'en wondered at because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore yean, Yet freshly... | |
 | Alexander Young - 1845 - 338 pages
...full possession of his faculties, and with a hope full of immortality, in the 83d year of his age. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died ; But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long ; E'en wondered at because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet... | |
 | Thomas Henry White - 1845 - 474 pages
...the elements, realize those beautiful lines of Dryden, when alluding to the death of King Polybus : " 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... | |
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of April, in the 73d year of his age, surrounded by those who loved and respected him. It was a beautiful and fitting close to a long and useful life. " Of no distemper, of no blast, he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long." The funeral... 
