 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, And, smoke-like, soars up to...  The official illustrated guide to the North-western railway - Page 184by George Measom - 1859 - 761 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Scotch haggis - 1822 - 344 pages
...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 irons gone, My nails are drove,. my work is done. In Latin, imitated. Hie jacet in modica vulcani filius... | |
 | Richard Dally - Bognor (England) - 1828 - 278 pages
...hammer lie reclined. A! v 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 work is done. Before we quit Felpham we should remark that several neat... | |
 | William Pulleyn - 1829 - 302 pages
...and hammer lie declin'd, My bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My fire's extinct, my forge deeay'd, And in the dust my vice is laid ; My coal is spent, my iron gone, My nails are driven, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse here lies at rest, My soul, smoke-like, soars to be... | |
 | Scotch haggis - 1829 - 436 pages
...CHURCH-YARD OF GREENOCK. My sledge and hammer both declined, My bellows too have lost their wind, Myjire's extinct my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid, My coals are spent my iron is gone, My nails are drove my work is done. ON JOHN BELL. John Bell lived... | |
 | Henry Lee - Theater - 1830 - 210 pages
...lies in the church-yard at WestHam, near London. EPITAPH. My .SiV'V'1 ;""' Hammer lie reclined, Mr Bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My Fire's extinct,...in the dust my Vice is laid ; My Coal is spent, my Iron's gone, My last Nail's driven, my Work is done, JULY 8. —Since I was brought up, like many others,... | |
 | Joe Miller - English wit and humor - 1836 - 266 pages
...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 - Bury St. Edmunds (England) - 1836 - 150 pages
...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... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1925 - 996 pages
...Hammer lie reclined, My Uellows too, have lost their Wind : My Fire's extinguished, Forgo, decay'd, And in the Dust my Vice is laid; My Coal is Spent, my Iron копе. The last Nail's drove, my Work is done. ¡Imiyhton, Huntingdonshire. THOMAS GARDNER. Died,... | |
 | Edwin Waugh - Lancashire (England) - 1855 - 282 pages
...Tim, though it does not appear among his published writings : — "My anvil and my hammer He declined, My bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My fire's...the dust my vice is laid. My coal is spent, my iron is gone, My last nail driven, and my work is done. '' Blind Abraham," who rang the curfew, and who... | |
 | Epitaphs, Augustus John Cuthbert HARE - 1856 - 86 pages
...hammer lie reclin'd ; My bellows too have lost their wind ; My fire's extinguish'd, forge decay'd, And in the dust my vice is laid ; My coal is spent, my iron gone, My last nail's driven. — my work is done. Fiiiit coronal opat." Lincoln. " UNDEBNEATH lieth the remains... | |
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