...powers were bright, ' Though now his eightieth year was nigh. \ 9 Then with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS,1 AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. PHILLIPS ! whose touch harmonious...

...might be said of him, in the words he was fond of repeating, — " Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It was a little strange, and seems now almost ominous, that not long before...

...as much affection, as could well accompany any human career. " Then, with.no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character, or...

...as much affection, as could well accompany any human career. " Then, with no fiery, throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." It is not for me, gentlemen, to attempt any delineation of his character, or...

...fell in a cause " sacred to liberty and the rights of mankind." Worn by no wasting, lingering pain, " No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Massachusetts — Union — Liberty. Massachusetts, limited in territory, aiming...

...conscious suffering, this useful life came serenely to its end. Thus, " with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Mr. URIEL CROCKER died at his summer residence in Cohasset on July 19, 1887,...

...attack of organic disease of the heart. Felix opporlunitate mortis. With no sharp throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed the soul the nearest way. In respect to that well-tempered union of varied qualities which goes under...

...fell in a cause " sacred to liberty and the rights of mankind." Worn by no wasting, lingering pain, " No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Massachusetts — Union — Liberty. Massachusetts, limited in territory, aiming...

...his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. ( Born 1712. ( Died 1785. A LONDON merchant, who published some elaborate poems...

...conscious suffering, this useful life came serenely to its end. Thus, " with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way." Mr. URIEL CROCKER died at his summer residence in Cohasset on July 19, 1887,...