 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 lehte
...Browning : The Seraphim. Ft ii Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame, Hangs quivering on the point, leaps off by fits And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. 1056 Addison : Cato. Act iii. Sc. 2 The prince, who kept the world in awe, The judge, whose dictate... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1884 - 294 lehte
...into the Abbey hall. CHAPTER IX. " Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on the point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold." ADDISON. SIR JOHN FAIRLAND was removed from the hall to his own chamber, and laid gently on the bed.... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 lehte
...so because man is. — BA Thus o'er the dying lump th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a jKtint, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. Thou must not go : my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose.— ADDISOK, Colo. When the sudden... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 824 lehte
...floateth in the fragrant air — she doth so because man is. — BA Thus o'er the dying lamp th1 unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls ngain, as loth to quit its hold. Thou must not go ; my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose.—... | |
 | B. P. Moore - 1885 - 334 lehte
...CHAPTER XII. A SOLEMN OCCASION. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on the point, leaps off by fits And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Addison's Cato. A FUNERAL in the country is quite different from one in a city where they seem... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1885 - 622 lehte
...for ever ! FOR. Thus o'er the dying lamp1 the unsteady flame Hangs quivering en a point, leaps oif by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. Luc. If the firm Portius shake To... | |
 | J. Scott Clark - 1886 - 410 lehte
...farewell. Oh, how shall I repeat the word, forever ? Portius. Thus, o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loath to quit its hold. — Thou must not go; my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose."... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 lehte
...the pangs of death, And smile in agony. ADDISON. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame flangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. ADDISON. Thus we well left, he better reft, In heaven to take his place ; That by like life and death,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - 784 lehte
...Browning : The Seraphim. Pt. ii Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame, Hangs quivering on the point, leaps off by fits And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. 1056 Addison : Cato. Act iii. Sc 2 The prince, who kept the world in awe, The judge, whose dictate... | |
 | Frederick Tupper - 1914 - 480 lehte
...farewell— Oh, how shall I repeat the word ?— forever ! Por. Thus o'er the dying lamp the unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. Luc. If the firm Portius shake To... | |
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Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. 
