 Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale...  The Eton Bureau - Էջ 2291842Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | English poets - 1801 - 488 էջ
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deedi ; Upon death's purple altar now, See where the victor-victim...the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. THOMAS MAY, A celebrated poet and historian, bom about 1590, in Sussex,... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 454 էջ
...garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now, S«e where the victor-victim bleeds. Your heads must come...the" cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. THOMAS MAY, A celebrated poet and historian, bom about 1508, in Sussex,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1807 - 912 էջ
...has often sung to me. " The glories of eur birth and state/' &c. and therein also the fine lines, " Your heads must come To the cold tomb! Only the actions of the just imell sv.-eet, and blossom in their dust." * ART. XIII. The First Four Books of Argil's JEneis, translated... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 476 էջ
...has often sung to me. " The glories of our birth and state," &c. and therein also the fine lines, " Your heads must come To the cold tomb ! Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust."* ART. CLXIII. Pleasure's Vision; with Desert's Complaint : and a... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 էջ
...boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds. All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom, in the dot. §110. Song. SMOLLITT. To fix her, 'twere a task as rain To count the April drops of rain, To... | |
 | 1817 - 494 էջ
...boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds; AH heads must come To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the ilust. *30. 1431. — JOAN D'ARC BURNT. 9tetr0ttomtcal Occurrences In MAY 18ir. THE Sun enters Gemini... | |
 | 1839 - 1092 էջ
...no more your mighty deeds ; '-,-•' Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleed} : Your • heads must come To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet; and blossom in their dust."t Vol. vi.. pp. 39fi, 397. It is not surprising that this dirgo baa... | |
 | 1822 - 792 էջ
...no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the jnst Smelj sweet, and blos,som in the dust. JAMKS SIIIRLRV,— Died 1666. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 էջ
...more your mighty deeds; '.'•I death's purple altar now, See where the victor-victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom from the dust. SUDDEN DEATH. ( A real occurrence. ) EDMESTON. WHIUH is the happiest... | |
 | William Heseltine - 1829 - 250 էջ
...rede I can ; For I must to the green-wood go, Alone, — A banish'd man ! THE NUT-BROWN MA IP. All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blcwsom in the dust. SHIRLEY. IT could not have been more than a short half hour that I... | |
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