 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.  The Shakespeare Papers of the Late William Maginn - Sida 27efter William Maginn - 1856 - 353 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 sidor
...occurs extremely often. 9 Milton has an exceeding fine one in the description of his LazarHouse:— 'Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch, And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook,—but delay'd to strike," &c. • Despair Paradise Lost, book xi. line 489. ' See two noble... | |
 | John Millard - 1813 - 704 sidor
...angel describing to Adam, a large hospital, or lazar-house : Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch;...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... | |
 | John Gabriel Stedman - 1813 - 528 sidor
...atrophy, " Dropsies, and asthmas, and joint-racking 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 delay'd to strike, though oft invok'd " With vows, as their chief good and final hope." From day to... | |
 | John Kingston - 1814 - 472 sidor
...Dropsies, and astmas, and joint -racking rheums. Dire is the tossing ! Deep the groans ! Despair Attends the sick, busiest from couch to couch : And over them, triumphant Death his dart Shakes ; but delays to strike, tho' oft invok'd With vows as their chief good, and final hope. MII.TOK.... | |
 | John Milton - 1817 - 214 sidor
...pestilence, Dropsies, and asthmas, and joint-racking rheums. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Tended the sick busiest from couch to couch ; And over them trinmphant Death his dart Shook, but delay 'd to strike, though oft invok'd With vows, as their chief... | |
 | Antoine Arnauld, Pierre Nicole - 1818 - 448 sidor
...yet run'st towards him still. — Meat, for Mett. So Milton— Dire was the tossing, deep the groans; Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch:...them triumphant Death his dart Shook ; but delayed to strike.0 — PL xi. 489. * The supreme Being (God, &tog, Deus, Dieu, &c.) is in all languages masculine,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 sidor
...pestilence, Dropsies, and asthmas, ami joint-racking rheums. Dire was the tossing, deep the groans ; Despair Ten 6+ delay'J to strike, though oft invok'd With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. Sight so deform... | |
 | John Trumbull - 1820 - 228 sidor
...mystery of Murther : a place Before his eyes appear'd, sad, noisoro, dark. A Lazar house it seem'd Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch,...And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay 'd to strike — Milton. He, who most methods has essay'd, Is the best Gen'ral of the trade,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 sidor
...pestilence, Dropsies, and asthmas, and joint-racking 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 delay'd to strike, though oft invok'd With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. Sight so deform... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 sidor
...pestilence ; Dropsies, and asthmas, and joint-racking 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 delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good and final hope. Sight so deform... | |
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