 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...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,...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. TO MRS. .— J, Bawdier, Jim. THINK not, because thy quiet day In silent goodness steals away ; Think... | |
 | Christianity - 1822 - 792 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1822 - 796 pages
...garlands wither on yonr brow; Then boast no more your mighty deeds: Upon death's purple altar uo\v See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. JAMKS SHIRLEY,— Died 1660. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. How happy is he born, or taught, That serveth... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...of mourning, the concluding passage of the fine old moral stanzas which we have just quoted : — " All heads must come To the cold tomb ; — Only the...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." The commencement of his late Majesty's reign was in every respect popular. It is difficult to estimate... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And inus't give up If it be really true that this king admired these sentiments, he is entitled to the praise of having... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...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...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust'. SELECTED FROM COKDER'S POEMI. HOME. THAT is not home, where day by day I wear the busy hours away.... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...last must yield. They tame but one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up jesty and council indeede tooke all imaginable care...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... | |
 | Worcester County (Mass.) - 1826 - 404 pages
...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...victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomh, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. SELECTED PROM COMDER'S POEMS.... | |
 | William Hone - Calendars - 1868 - 846 pages
...murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boost no more your mighty deeds! Upon Death's purple altar...the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the rold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. If it be really true... | |
 | William Heseltine, Plantagenet (House.) - 1829 - 596 pages
...other rede I can ; For I must to the green-wood go, Alone, — A banish'd man ! TH« NUT-BBOWII MAID. All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. IT could not have been more than a short half hour that I had been thus sleeping, when I was hastily... | |
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And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 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... 
