 | John Daggett - 1894 - 844 Seiten
...at the age of fourscore and six years, he is appropriately described in these lines of Dryden : — 'Of no distemper, of no blast he died. But fell like autumn, fruit that mellowed lon<i, Even wondered at, because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up tor fourscore years;... | |
 | William Mathews - 1896 - 396 Seiten
...as that described by Dryden two hundred years ago is now becoming more and more phenomenal : — " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long, Even wondered at because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years, Yet... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 Seiten
...ease. DRYDEN. Thus then my loved Euryalus appears; He looks the prop of my declining years. DRYDEN. 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 Levering - 1897 - 1128 Seiten
...at the top, as an oak, he died. His contemporary, Dryden, exemplified the going out in his tribute : "Of no distemper, of no blast he died ; But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long, Even wondered at, because he dropped no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for four score years, Yet... | |
 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - 1897 - 476 Seiten
...lacking a few weeks of being 87 years old,—the last but two of his college class of fifty-four members. Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long, E'en wondered at because it falls no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him up for four-score years, Yet freshly... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1898 - 396 Seiten
...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 autumn fruit that mellowed long, E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; , Yet... | |
 | Frederick Clifton Pierce - 1901 - 702 Seiten
...life of usefulness 'he came to his grave in full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in his season.' " "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 four score years, Yet... | |
 | W. V. Byars - 1901 - 616 Seiten
...sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can. — Cowper: * Conversation,* AGE Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long. Even wondered at because he dropt no sooner ; Pate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore years ; Yet... | |
 | Sister Mary Lambertine - 1903 - 318 Seiten
...heads, Our apprehensions shoot beyond all bounds. ******* Aegoen.— King Polybus is dead. Oedipus.— 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 round him up for four-score years, Vet... | |
 | 1903 - 646 Seiten
...a peaceful and happy end. In the circumstances we may aptly apply to him the words of the poet :— 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 four score 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... 
