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" My bellows, too, have lost their wind, My fire's 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. "
A Guide to the Town, Abbey and Antiquities of Bury St. Edmunds: With Brief ... - Page 86
by J. Deck - 1821 - 156 pages
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The Bognor: Arundel and Littlehampton Guide, Comprising a History of Those ...

Richard Dally - 1828 - 278 pages
...church yard. 'My sledge and 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...
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The new Scotch haggis; consisiting of pieces connected with Scottish drollery

Scotch haggis - 1829 - 436 pages
...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 in Anandale, (on the...
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The Sunday at Home, Volume 41

1894 - 868 pages
...Aberystwith, who departed this lifo Dec. 21, 1811, aged 91 years. Sly sledge and hammer lie recliu'd, My bellows too have lost their wind, My fire extinct, my forge decayed, Aud in tho dust my vice is laid, My coal is spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my...
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Archaeologia Cantiana, Volume 2

1859 - 486 pages
...anvil I've deelined ; My bellows, too, have lost their wind ; My fire 's extinct, my forge decayed, And in the dust my vice is laid ; My coals are spent, my iron's gone, My nails are drove, my work is done." the Court Rolls of the Manor of Chart, in Wateringbury....
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The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and ..., Volumes 7-9

Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...churchyard : — My hammer and my anvil's low 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 iron's gone, My last nail's driven, my work is done. Another epitaph was upon his...
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The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist,: A Quarterly Journal ..., Volume 3

1863 - 328 pages
...Hardings-booth, who departed this life March the 1st, 1799, Aged 78 years. My Sledge and Hammer lie declined, My Bellows too, have lost their wind, My Fire extinct, my Forge decay'd, My Vice is in the dust all laid, My Coal is spent, my Iron is gone, My nails are drove, my work is...
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Gleanings in Graveyards: A Collection of Curious Epitaphs

Horatio Edward Norfolk - 1866 - 242 pages
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The monumental inscriptions in the old churchyard of St. Mary ..., Part 1

Newington Surrey, St. Mary - 1880 - 184 pages
...1801 | Aged 45 Years. My Sledge and Hammer lie declin'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 Iron gone My nails are drove my work is done My fire dried Corpse here lies at rest...
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The Essex notebook and Suffolk gleaner

1884 - 186 pages
...Hammer are declined , My Itellows, too, have lost their wind, My Fire'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. SOOTH BEMFLEET (1728). Though it is not a very scholarly...
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Ryedale and North Yorkshire Antiquities

George Frank - 1888 - 268 pages
...hammer lie reclined, " My bellows too have lost their wind ; " My forge extinct, my fire decayed ; " And in the dust my vice is laid ; " My coals are spent, my iron gone, " My nails are driven, my work is done." ROSEDALE ABBEY. Rosedale, partly in the township...
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