 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - Death - 1759 - 60 pages
...Earth Along the gentle ilope of life's decline He bent his gradual way, till full of years He dropt like mellow fruit into his grave. Such in the infancy of Time was Man, So calm was life, fo impotent was DEATH. О had he but preferv'd thefe few remains Thefe ihatter'd fragments of loft... | |
 | University of Cambridge - College verse - 1772 - 352 pages
...Earth, Along the gentle flope of life's decline He bent his gradual way, till Full of year's He dropt like mellow fruit into his grave. Such in the infancy of time was Man, So calm was life, fo impotent was Death. O had he but preferv'd thefe few remains, Thefe fhatter'd fragments of loft... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - Death - 1772 - 72 pages
...Earth, Along the gentle ilope of life's decline He bent his gradual way, till full of years He dropt like mellow fruit into his grave.. Such in the infancy of Time was Man, So calm was life, fo impotent was DEATH ! О had he but preferv'd theie few remains Thefe ihatter'd fragments of loft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...earth, Along the gentle flope of life's decline le bent his gradual way, till full of years, •Ic dropt The light he lends to you Ye ihmv'rs and dews, whofe fo impotent was Death ! O had he but prefcrv'd thefe few remains, The ftiatter'd fragments, of loft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...earth, Along the gentle (lope of life's decline He bent his gradual way, till full of years He dropt like mellow fruit into his grave. Such in the infancy of time was Man; So calm was life, fo impotent was Death ! О had he but prcferv'd thele few remains, The ihattci 'd fragments of loft... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...content To leave, his race thus fcatter'd o'er the earth, Along the gentle (lope of life's decline He bent his gradual way, till, full of years, He dropp'd...into his grave. Such in the infancy of Time was Man ; 5o calm was life, Co impotent was Death ' О had he hut prefcrv'd thefc few remain', The mattcr'd... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...full-well content To leave his race thus scalter'd o'er the earth, Along the gentle slope of life's decline He bent his gradual way, till, full of years, He dropp'd...fruit into his grave~. Such in the infancy of Time was Many So calm was life, so impotent was Death*' O had he but preserv'd these few remains-, The shatter'd... | |
 | 1806 - 184 pages
...earth, Ainu.: the gentle slope of life's decline He hent his gradual way, till full of years He dropt like mellow fruit into his grave. Such in the infancy...So calm was life, so impotent was Death ! O had he hut preserv'd these few remains, The shatter'd fragments of lost happiness, Snatch'd hy the hand of... | |
 | College verse, English - 1808 - 348 pages
...earth, Along the gentle slope of life's decline He bent his gradual way, till full of years He dropt like mellow fruit into his grave. Such in the infancy...was Death. O had he but preserv'd these few remains, These shatter'd fragments of lost happiness, Snatch'd by the hand of Heaven from the sad wreck Of innocence... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Apologetics - 1808 - 162 pages
...Earth, Along the gentle slope of life's decline, He bent his gradual way, 'till full of yeara He dropt like mellow fruit into his grave. Such in the infancy of time was Man, So calm was life, «o impotent was DEATH, Oh, had he but presenr'd these few remains, Theshatter'd fragments of lost... | |
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He dropp'd like mellow fruit into his grave. Such in the infancy of time was man; So calm was life, so impotent was Death! 
