 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...  The English Poets - Page 218edited by - 1880Full view - About this book
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And inus't give up their murmuring breath, When they pale ( *' - $ / victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 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...deeds : Upon 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... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - Anglican Communion - 1830 - 332 pages
...for how must such affecting and sublime images as these have been felt by him to his inmost heart : The garlands wither on your brow ! Then boast no more...purple altar now See where the Victor-victim bleeds ! * The music of Coleman was published by Henry Laws in 1669 in a book entitled, " Select Ayres and... | |
 | William Lisle Bowles - 1830 - 330 pages
...for how must such affecting and sublime images as these have been felt by him to his inmost heart: The garlands wither on your brow! Then boast no more...purple altar now See where the Victor-victim bleeds! * The music of Coleman was published by Henry Laws in 1669 , in a book entitled, " Select Ayres and... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murm'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... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...seized with great terror and agitation of mind. The following is the third, and concluding stanza : " The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more...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... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 348 pages
...seized with great terror and agitation of mind. The following is the third and concluding stanza : " The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more...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 Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1833 - 594 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...the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust.' vol. vi., pp. 396, 397. At the Restoration Shirley had his full share in the benefits of the Act of... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 540 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...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. } Agam. Set forward to the temple. This was once A day of triumph, but the death of Ajax Will make... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 540 pages
...must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands neither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. ' Agam. Set forward to the temple. This was once A day of triumph, but the death of Ajax Will make... | |
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