 | 1837 - 574 pages
...another still. Early or late They stoop to Fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. With this I tread the luscious grape, and drink the blood-red wine; And slaves around in order wait,... | |
 | England - 1839 - 876 pages
...another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath. When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garlands wither on...must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the juet Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." Some verses from a little poem of the samo writer entitled... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...another still; Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...another still ; Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your...come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Are sweet, and blossom in the dust. WILLIAM STRODE. 1600-1644. WHEN whispering strains do softly steal... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - Great Britain - 1840 - 370 pages
...III. Then happy, low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown ! King Henry IV. Part II. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...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... | |
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1840 - 1020 pages
...III. Then happy, low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the bead that wears a crown ! King Henry IV. Part II. Tbe garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your...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... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Literature - 1841 - 662 pages
...vita, fortunae objectum, inutile putabat ipsi." CICERO — Tusc : Quaes : lib. 1., sec. 4C. •• The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...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... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Literature - 1841 - 616 pages
...lib. 1., sec. 46. " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; (rpon Death's purple altar now, See, where the victor-victim...the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust." SHIRLEY — Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. OX THE OLYMPIC GAMES. CHOSEN to pronounce the funeral panegyric... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pages
...still : Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your...altar now, See, where the victor-victim bleeds. Your beads must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in their dust... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their munn'ring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your...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... | |
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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, poor... 
