 | Morgan Williams - Epitaphs - 1822 - 728 pages
...; I pray'd the Lord would me forgive ; In heaven I hope he will my soul receive. IX. Our life bangs by a single thread, Which soon is cut, and we are...Then boast not, Reader, of thy might, Alive at noon, and dead at night. X. What can more awful be (perhaps you say) Than to meet death in such a sudden... | |
 | John Noake - 1851 - 430 pages
...who departed this life July 2nd, 1847, in his 21st year. " Our life hangs by a single thread, That soon is cut and we are dead. Then boast not, reader, of tby might — Alive at noon and dead at night. Look, as a flower I was cut down, And left my parents... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - Epitaphs - 1859 - 220 pages
...griev'd, This consolation's given ; She's from a world of woe reliev'd, And blooms a rose in heaven. 223. Our life hangs by a single thread, Which soon is cut,...reader, of thy might, Alive at noon, but dead at night. 224. 'Twas pain that wore my strength away, And made me long for heavenly rest : And now surviving... | |
 | Metrical epitaphs - 1868 - 266 pages
...If we are slain? or here lies one, at least, to show He kills his own relations. ON MR. CHURCHMAN. OUR life hangs by a single thread, Which soon is cut,...Then boast not, reader, of thy might, Alive at noon and dead at night. pencil (1756), aqnatinta (1762), on copper (1450), steel (1515). Engraving on wood... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1869 - 998 pages
...the cemetery at Tunbridge Wells, we see the following : Our life hangs by a single thread ; Soon 'tis cut, and we are dead. Then boast not, reader, of thy might ; Alive at noon, and dead at night. Also, in the same cemetery, on a girl aged sixteen : Behold this flower, so young... | |
 | George K. Stanton - Church architecture - 1884 - 268 pages
...on the railway, July 2nd, 1847, are the following line*— Our life hangs by a single thread, That soon is cut and we are dead. Then boast not reader of thy might— Alive at noon and dead at night. Like as a flower I was cut down, And left my parents dear to mourn. Ah ! twenty-one... | |
 | Joseph Hirst Lupton - 1885 - 252 pages
...the line with gentis. ' ' Should be," fore. EXERCISE L. OUR life hangs by a single thread ; Soon 'tis cut, and we are dead. Then boast not, reader, of thy might — Alive at morn, and dead at night. Epitaph at Tunbridge Wells. RETRANSLATION. The life of men depends for us... | |
 | Joseph Hirst Lupton - Latin language - 1903 - 230 pages
...the line with gentis. "Should be," fore. EXERCISE L. OUR life hangs by a single thread ; Soon 'tis cut, and we are dead. Then boast not, reader, of thy might — Alive at morn, and dead at night. Epitaph at Turibridge Wells. RETRANSLATION. The life of men depends for us... | |
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Printed," pressa. 6. Begin the line with gentis. ' ' Should be," fore. EXERCISE L. OUR life hangs by a single thread ; Soon 'tis cut, and we are dead. Then boast not, reader, of thy might — Alive at morn, and dead at night. 