 ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.  The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - Page 63by Matthew Prior - 1779Full view - About this book
 | Matthew Prior - 1718 - 566 pages
...Anxieties to the Will of his Creator. TEXTS TEXTS chiefly alluded to in this Book. Or ever the Silver Cord be loofed, or the golden Bowl be broken, or the...the Fountain, or the Wheel broken at the Ciftern. ECCLESIASTES, Chap. XII. Veri! 6. The Sun arifeth, and the Sun goeth down, and haiteth to his Place... | |
 | Freemasons - 1746 - 256 pages
...all the Daughters of Mitfick Jhall be brought low : Or ever the Silver Cord be loafed; or the Goldtn Bowl be broken ;• or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain ; or the Wheel broken at the Ciflern.' The Expofitors upon thefe Verfes are almoft unanimous in their ©pinion, that they ought... | |
 | John Hutchinson - Theology - 1748 - 546 pages
...'tis not neceflary to explain it more fully here. Eccl. xii. 6. Or ever the Silver Chord be loojed, or the golden Bowl be broken, or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain, or the Wheel (the Organs of Circulation) be broken at the Ciftern. Thefe next fliew that the Blood is Part of the... | |
 | John Smith - 1752 - 264 pages
...home, and the mourners go about the Jireets. Or e~jer the Jther cord be loofed, or the golden hmuf be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the -ivbeel broken at the ciftern. THE Oracles of God are given forth that the men of God may be made wife... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1770 - 512 pages
...motion of the lungs, in that figurative and elegant defcriptiou of the death of man, * Ecclef. xii. 6. "Or ever the filver cord be loofed, or ' the golden...pitcher be broken at the ' fountain, or the wheel be broken at the ciftern." " The ' double motion of the lungs he feems here to compare to the ' double... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1777 - 252 pages
...chiefly alluded to in this BO O K". Or ever the filver cord be locfcJ, or the golden bowl he bioke*. or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cittern, £<i /--/i...,'?« Chap, XII. vtt. 6, The fen ariieth, and the fun goeth down, and haftcth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 1028 pages
...and love, with their fantaftic train, •Their wiflies, fmiles, and looks, deceitful all, and vain. " Or ever the filver cord be loofed, or the golden bowl...the fountain, " or the wheel broken at the ciftern." Keel. xii. 6. " The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and hafteth " to his place where he arofe."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...looks, deceitful all, and vain. M t TEXTS TEXTS CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN BOOK 111. " Or ever the (ilver cord be loofed, or the golden bowl " be broken, or...the fountain, " or the wheel broken at the ciftern." Eccl. xii. 6. " The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and hafteth ' n to his place where he arofe."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 324 pages
...all, and vain. MZ TEXTS TEXTS CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN BOOK III. " Or ever the filver cord be looted, or the golden bowl " be broken, or the pitcher be...broken at the fountain, " or the wheel broken at the ciflern." Eccl. xii. 6. " The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and haftetb " to his place where... | |
 | James Hartley (Ph. D.) - 1784 - 606 pages
...And defire fhall fail ; becaufe man goeth to hTs long " home, and the mourners go about the ftreets ; or ever the filver cord be loofed, or «' the golden...broken at the fountain, or the wheel «' broken at the cittern." Ecclef. cap. xii. 5th, 6th, and yth verfes. (x) Still Like. — The pfeudo critic i of the... | |
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