 | Isaac Wilkinson - 1824 - 126 Seiten
...ere it conquers, wear not The pledges of a soldier's word, Redeem'd and pore, — we care not. MOORE. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now See ! Marshal Ney, the victim, bleeds. His widow shall curse thee while life doth remain, And the orphan... | |
 | Isaac Wilkinson (of Cockermouth.) - 1824 - 132 Seiten
...pledges of a soldier's word, Redeem'd and pure,—we care not. The garlands wither on your brow, MOORE. Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now See ! Marshal Ney, the victim, bleeds. His widow shall curse thee while life doth remain, And the orphan... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 Seiten
...at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And inus't All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 Seiten
...where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield. They tame but one another still. Early or ger sight than any I had yet beheld. His majesty and...for the country to come in and refresh them with t Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All head» must come To the cold... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 Seiten
...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...to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boasl no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds:... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 Seiten
...strong nerves at last must yield. They tame but one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fat«, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they...to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boost no more your mighty deeds! Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds:... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 Seiten
...their murmuring breathy Vr'hca they pate captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your hrow, Then 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... | |
 | 1826 - 404 Seiten
...but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, 120 HOME. And must gire up th'.ir murnrjring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then hoast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 Seiten
...another still : . Early or late They stoop to fate, '.;r! mast give up their murmuring breath, ft'hen they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then hoast no more your mighty deeds; '.'•I death's purple altar now, See where the victor-victim bleeds... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 Seiten
...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...Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bl ceils: All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom... | |
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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, pale captives,... 
