 | Silvester Tissington - 1857 - 560 Seiten
...100 years and 3." By a Latin plate it appears that he died Sep. 13, AD 1613. On a very old man:— "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 seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet freshly... | |
 | Freeman Hunt - 1858 - 652 Seiten
...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 mellow'd long ; E'en wonder'd at because he dropp'd no sooner. Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Gannett - 1859 - 78 Seiten
...life ; and at last, the euthanasia which kind Providence sometimes vouchsafes closed the scene.* " 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 for fourscore years ; Yet freshly... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1860 - 886 Seiten
...retaining a good degree of mental vigor and physical activity to within a few days of his decease. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died; But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long; Even wonder'd at, because it falls no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for four-score years; Yet... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1860 - 842 Seiten
...retaining a good degree of mental vigor and physical activity to within a few days of his decease. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died; But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long; Even wonder'd at, because it falls no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for four-score years ; Yet... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 Seiten
...brings, When birds of paradise have lent Their plumage to his wings ? AN OLD MAN'S DEATH. — Dryden. 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... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1862 - 620 Seiten
...was placed, but, 313 like much of the poetry of the seventeenth century, is now but little known : " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed longEven wondered at because he dropt no sooner ; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet... | |
 | 1864 - 646 Seiten
...and at last realizing, almost literally, Dryden's beautiful description of an old man's death: — " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long ; E'eu wondered at because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 794 Seiten
...pleasures are. Ibid. Act iv. Se. i. His hair just grizzled As in a green old age. Œdipus. Act iii. Se. 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 806 Seiten
...pleasures are. Ibid. Act'iv. &. I. His hair just grizzled As in a green old age. Œdipus. Act iii. Se. 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... | |
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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... 
