 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
 | Ethel C. Hargrove - 1913 - 376 páginas
...A punning inscription on Charles Dixon, a blacksmith, runs — " My sledge and hammer lie retired. My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, My vice all in the dust is laid. My soul is spent, my iron gone, My last nail's driven, my work's done."... | |
 | James John Hissey - 1913 - 502 páginas
...blacksmith that is to be found in Felpham churchyard, which runs thus : My sledge and hammer lie reclin'd, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd, And in the dust my vice is laid, My coal is spent, my iron gone, The nails are driven, my... | |
 | Karl Philipp Moritz - 1924 - 278 páginas
...which, on account of it's singularity, I here copy and send you. " My sledge and anvil lie decliu'd, " My bellows too have lost their wind ; " My fire's extinct, my forge decay'd, "My coals are spent, my iron's gone, " My nails are drove ; my work is done." Many of these... | |
 | Mary Waldron - 1996 - 364 páginas
...discovered, but it may be a paraphrase of a popular epitaph for blacksmiths: "My sledge and anvil lie declined / My bellows too have lost their wind / My fire's extinct, my forge decayed ..." 4. MR 73 (September 1785): 216—21, p. 219 cited. According to Benjamin Nangle, The Monthly Review,... | |
 | 1925 - 392 páginas
...years. Also Thomas Russell, who died 24th May 1838, Aged 46 years. My Sledge and Hammer lie 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. My fire-dried Corpse now lies at rest, My Soul smoke-like... | |
 | 1889 - 540 páginas
...My sledge and my hammer lie reclined, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire's extinguished, forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron gone, My last nail driven, my work is done. Finis coronat opus. A few months ago an Englishman ambled... | |
 | 1895 - 566 páginas
...— My sledge and hammer lie reclined. My bellows too have lost their wind : My fire 's extinguished, forge decayed. And in the dust my vice is laid ; My coal is spent, my iron gone, The last nail 's driven— my work U done. and the Archdeacen gives several others. _As might... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1871 - 984 páginas
...Aston church-yard, Birmingham, sacred to the memory of John Dowlcr : My Sledge nnd Hammer lie reclined, My Bellows too have lost their Wind ; My Fire's extinct, my Forge decayed, And in the Duet my Vice la laid; My Coal is spent, my Iron's gone, My Nails are drove, my Work Is done. In Illington... | |
 | 1903 - 520 páginas
...yean. My sledge and hammer lie reclined My hollows, too, have lost their wind My fire Kxtinct, my forgo decayed, And in the dust, my vice is laid ; My coal is spent, my iron's gone, Hy nails are drove, my work is doi.e. Teithiais a hwyliais for heli, mynwent Yw'r man... | |
 | 1891 - 422 páginas
...THOMAS GARDNER, who died September 30th, 1826, aged 77 years. " My sledge and hammer lie reclined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind, My fire's extinct, my forge decayed, My vice is in the dust all laid : My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are drove, my work is done... | |
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