"Death broke at once the vital chain, / And free'd his soul the nearest way."
— Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)
Author
Work Title
Date
August 1783
Metaphor
"Death broke at once the vital chain, / And free'd his soul the nearest way."
Metaphor in Context
Then with no throbbing fiery pain,
No cold gradations of decay,
Death broke at once the vital chain,
And free'd his soul the nearest way.
(ll. 33-6)
No cold gradations of decay,
Death broke at once the vital chain,
And free'd his soul the nearest way.
(ll. 33-6)
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Provenance
Reading
Citation
Samuel Johnson, "On the Death of Dr. Robert Levett," The Gentleman's Magazine 53 (August 1783): 695-96. <Link to RPO><Link to Jack Lynch's online edition>
Date of Entry
05/23/2011
