 | William Shakespeare - 1780 - 288 lapas
...Milion has an exceeding fine one in the defcription of his La2ar-houfc. Defpair Tended the fick, bufieft from couch to couch, And over them triumphant death his dart Shook— but delay'd to ftrike, &V. Par. Lnfl, B. II. v. 490. As Shakefpear did not ftudy verjifieaiim, fo much as thefe poett... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1782 - 588 lapas
...decent fteps a filver wand f. Dire was the tolling, deep the groans; DFJPAIR Tended the fick, buGeft from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to ltiike|. From his flack hand the garland, wreath'd for Eve, Down dropt, and all the faded rofes Ihed... | |
 | Several Hands - 1782 - 586 lapas
...decent ilcps a filver wand fDire was the tofiing, deep the groans; DESPAIR Tended the fick, bufiell from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to Itiike J. From his flsck hind the garland, wrcath'd for Eve, Down dropt, and all the faded rofes (hed... | |
 | David Hume - 1788 - 600 lapas
...and wide-wailing peftilence. Dire was the tofling, deep the groans : DESPAIR Tended the fick, buficft from couch to couch. And over them triumphant DEATH his dart Shook ; but delayM to ftrike, tho' oft invok'd \Vith vows, as their chief good and final hope. I i 3 The The diforders... | |
 | Philip Neve - 1789 - 164 lapas
...be illustrated by a paufe, Dire was the toffing, deep the groans, Defpair Tended the fick, bufieft from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook~ but delay'd to ftrike. ' or by an accent, Gambol'd before them ; th' wmvieldy elephant, or by a burthen of the verfe,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 lapas
...afthmas, and joint racking rheums. Dire was the tolling, deep the groans ; Defpair Tended the fick bufieft from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to ftrike, though oft invok'd With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. Sight fo deform, what heart... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 lapas
...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 491 Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft iavok'd With vows, as their chief good and final hope.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 lapas
...decent fteps a filver wand." " Dire was the tofling, deep the groans ; Defpair Tended the fick, buiieft from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to ftrike." " From his flack hand the garland, wreath'd for Eve, Down dropt, and all the faded rofes med... | |
 | 1811 - 578 lapas
...felt bv both the patients and the medical staff in that disastrous cam paign, where " '*-< — — — Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch, And over them triumphant death his dart Shook, nor delay'd to strike." The officers were quartered in billets at such a distance from Ute general... | |
 | Robert Bloomfield - 1800 - 374 lapas
...along. The pause on the first syllable of the verse has been an admir'd beauty in Homer and Milton. H. And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike. PL We have this beauty, — coinciding with the best examples, though underiv'd from them, — in a... | |
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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 delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope. 
