 | Massachusetts Historical Society - 1907 - 688 էջ
...Hampshire, where for several years past he has made his summer home amid a circle of congenial friends. " Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long, — Even wondered at, because he dropped no sooner." He had been a member of this Society for just... | |
 | Alan P. F. Sell, Kenneth Dix, Alan Ruston - 2006 - 496 էջ
...he was a friend, a faithful friend. To Liberty, The distinguishing principle Of that profession (c) Of no Distemper, of no Blast he died; But fell like Autumn fruit that mellow'd long; Ev'n wondered at because he dropt no sooner: Fate seem'd to wind him up for fourscore... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1106 էջ
...will not be forgotten while the world has a written history." WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 65 CHAPTER III. " ly : Even wondered at because he dropt no sooner. Fate seemed to wind him np for fourscore years ; Yet... | |
 | Hugo Emil Rudolph Arndt - 1909 - 690 էջ
...marshal. "Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all," says Abd el Kader. The end was near. "Of no distemper, of no blast he died, But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long. Even wondered at because he dropped no sooner." (Dryden's Oedipus.) On the 1 2th of October in his... | |
 | 1904 - 400 էջ
...battles until the insatiate Archer claimed them for his own. '•Of no distemper, of no blast, they died. But fell like autumn fruit that mellowed long; E'en wondered at because they dropped no sooner, Fate seemed to wind them up for four-score years, Yet slowly ran one on two... | |
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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. 
