 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 páginas
...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...on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds t Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1839 - 946 páginas
...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, stoop to death. SHIRLEY. To set a lawe and kepe it nouht, Ther is no comoun profit souht ; But above... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1839 - 320 páginas
...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, stoop to death. SHIRLEY. To set a lawe and kepe it nouht, Ther is no comoun profit souht; But above... | |
 | William Carleton - 1839 - 228 páginas
...They now sleep in the same grave — for as the old poet well sings^— *•.*•• . ••. " All heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." Never was the exquisite beauty of the closing thought, in these fine... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - 374 páginas
...and spade. 10 70 But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame hut one another still. Eorly or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring hreath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your hrow, Theu hoast 1i0 more... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 páginas
...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...come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Are sweet, and blossom in the dust. WILLIAM STRODE. 1600-1644. MUSIC. WHEN whispering strains do softly... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 páginas
...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 - 1840 - 1020 páginas
...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... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 páginas
...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...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... | |
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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... 
