 My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind; . My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at...  Sketches of Lancashire Life and Localities - Página 41por Edwin Waugh - 1855 - 260 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 páginas
...Chester Church-yard. My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows too have lost their wind; My fire 's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid ; My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, My soul,... | |
 | J. Deck - 1836 - 150 páginas
...of a blacksmith : My sledge and hammer I've reclined, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid ; My coals are spent, my irons gone, My nails are drove, my work is done. On a tombstone on the west side... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 1841 - 318 páginas
...elegiac poetry. " To the Memory of Charles Dixm, SMITH AND FARRIER. "My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd, My vice all in the dust is laid ; My coal if spent, my iron gone, My last nail's driven—... | |
 | 1843 - 744 páginas
...mortality. William Clark thus addresses us from the grave:— " My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind; My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my voice [sic] is laid; My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are drove, my work is done:" And the... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1849 - 378 páginas
...John Henshall, of Nether Alderley, who died Dec. 25th, 1844, aged 77 years. My sledge and hammer lie declined, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, My vice is in the dust all layed, My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are drove, my work is done,... | |
 | 1849 - 302 páginas
...Henshall, of Nether Alderley, who died December 25th, 1844, aged 77 years : My sledge and hammer lie declined, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, My vice is in the dust all layed, My coal is spent, my iron is gone, My nails are drove, my work is... | |
 | 1891 - 672 páginas
...after the lapse of more thin a century, can even now be easily traced : — My sledge and anvil I 've declined ; My bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My fire's extinct, my for^re decayed, And in the dust my vice is layd ; My coals are spent, my iron 's gone, My nails are... | |
 | 1925 - 996 páginas
...the tombstone of Charles Dixon, a smith and farrier, as follows: My sledge and hammer lie reclin'd. My bellows too have lost their wind. My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd. My vice all in the dust is laid ; Aly coal is spent, my iron gone. My last nail's driven,... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 páginas
...Aberystwith, is another to the memory of David Da vies, Blacksmith : " My Sledge and Hammer lay reclined, My Bellows, too, have lost their wind. My Fire's extinct,...the dust my Vice is laid ; My Coal is spent, my Iron gone, My Nails are drove — my work is done." The following epitaph is transcribed from one of the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 358 páginas
...Aberystwith, is another to the memory of David Davies, Blacksmith : " My Sledge and Hammer lay reclined, My Bellows, too, have lost their wind, My Fire's extinct,...the dust my vice is laid ; My coal is spent, my Iron gone, My Nails are drove — my work is done." The following epitaph is transcribed from one of the... | |
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