 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Scotch haggis - 1829 - 436 pages
...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
...EPITAPH. My .SiV'V'1 ;""' Hammer lie reclined, Mr 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 last Nail's driven, my Work is done, JULY 8. —Since I was brought up, like many others, among money-getting... | |
 | Henry Lee - Theater - 1830 - 220 pages
...reclined, My Bellows, too, hare lost their wind ; My Fire's extinct, my Farg* ilecajed. And in tbe dust my Vice is laid ; My Coal is spent, my Iron's gone, My last Nail's driven, my Wort it dona. Jui,Y 8. — Since I was brought up, like many others, among mbney-getting... | |
 | Joe Miller - English wit and humor - 1836 - 266 pages
...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 iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done ; My fire-dried corpse lies here at rest, My soul, smoke like, is soaring to be blest. On a Monument... | |
 | J. Deck - Bury St. Edmunds (England) - 1836 - 150 pages
...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.... | |
 | F. S., Frederick Saunders - 1853 - 306 pages
...Blacksmith : " My Sledge and Hammer lay 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 gone, My Nails are drove — my work is done." The following epitaph is transcribed from one of... | |
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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... 
