Decay. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Decay


A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o’er-inform’d the tenement of clay. Dryden.—Absalom and Achitophel, Part I. Line 156.	1
The unreach’d Paradise of our despair, Which o’er-informs the pencil and the pen, And overpowers the page where it would bloom again. Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto IV. Stanza 122. Line 7.	2
Nature strips her garment gay, And wears the vesture of decay. Logan.—The Country in Autumn.	3
Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way. Goldsmith.—The Deserted Village, Line 109.	4
So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays. Pope.—The Odyssey, Book XI. Line 164.	5
Those domes where Cæsars once bore sway, Defaced by time, and tottering in decay. Goldsmith.—The Traveller, Line 159.	6