| Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 էջ
...pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds : All hands must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.... | |
| Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 էջ
...more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now, See, where the victor-victim bleeds : Your heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the juit Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust." SBIRLET. — Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. ON THE OLYMPIC... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 էջ
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom, in the dust. THE GENIUS OF DEATH. What is death ? 'Tis to be free f No more to love, or hope, or fear ; To join... | |
| R. M. Evans - 1842 - 264 էջ
...shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. CHAPTER IX. DEATH OF KING CHARLES—WAR AGAINST THE DAUPHIN, OR CHARLES VII., CARRIED ON BY THE DUKE... | |
| 1842 - 344 էջ
...no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now, See where the victor-victim bleeds ! Your heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. Idem Latine Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium ; nee arcet Tyrannus ense tela... | |
| 1842 - 542 էջ
...no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now, See where the victor-victim bleeds ! Your heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. Idem Latin? Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium ; nee arcet Tyrannus ense tela... | |
| 1842 - 92 էջ
...no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now, See where the victor-victim bleeds ; Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. The second is in a somewhat lower strain, but is yet exceedingly... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 էջ
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more vour mighty d«*l- : where it should lie ; Yet could Upon ha Miffrctt Sad. Melancholy, hence, and get Some piece of earth to be thy seat, Here the air and... | |
| William Goodman - 1844 - 378 էջ
...pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now, > See where the victor...of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." It is said to have been a favourite song with that profligate man, King Charles II. ; it is to be regretted,... | |
| Thomas Percy - 1844 - 400 էջ
...pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. III. THE RISING IN THE NORTH. THB subject of this ballad is the great Northern Insurrection in the... | |
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