 | 1739 - 312 Seiten
...Sick, bufyfrom Couch to Couch; And over them triumphant Death his Dart Shook, but delayed tojlrike, though oft invoked With Vows, as their chief Good and final Hope. THE Paffion which likewife rifes in Adam on thi« Occafion, is very natural., H 5 Sight fo deform,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 Seiten
...paper ! Dire was ihe tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended tho'sirk busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delayed to strike, though oft iuvok'd With vows, as their ch>* g"0i!, ami final hope, ,.-.'. . Sight so deform what heart of rock... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 Seiten
...Tended the sick, busy from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows as their chief good and final hope. The passion which likewise rises in Adam on this occasion is very natural. Sight so deform what heart... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 Seiten
...lazar-house : Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delayed to strike. The following passage is a beautiful instance of the proper use of this figure. ' Go to your NATURAL... | |
 | 1822 - 284 Seiten
...Tended the sick busiest from couch to couch; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope. Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold 1 Adam could not, but wept, Though not... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 Seiten
...the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope. ib. 4-8S). The passion which likewise rises in Adam on this occasion is very natural : Sight so deform... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 318 Seiten
...the sick busiest from couch to couch ; 490 And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope. Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry eyed behold ' Adam could not, but wept, 495 Though... | |
 | 1827 - 264 Seiten
...rheums. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended the sick busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but...invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. 493 Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold ? Adam could not, but wept, Though... | |
 | Hugh McNeile - 1827 - 104 Seiten
...Tendeth the sick, busiest from couch to couch, And over them triumphant Death his dart Shakes, but delays to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope." " And the way of peace have they not known." Their boasted peace is false. It is alternately the stupor... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1828 - 452 Seiten
...year •• Seasons return, but not to me returns •• Day || or the sweet approach of even or morn. And over them triumphant Death his dart •• Shook || but delayed to strike. All air seemed then •• Conflicting fire ; long time in even scale •• The battle hung. For now... | |
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Dire was the tossing, deep the groans; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delayed to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope. 
