 | Octavius Winslow - 1848 - 170 Seiten
...no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds. Your heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."1 A few observations, in closing, addressed to the believing soldier. There are many such, we... | |
 | William Parsons Lunt - 1848 - 68 Seiten
...boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ! 4 All heads must come to the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Preserve in death a rich perfume, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. III. SELECTIONS FROM THE SCRIPTURES.... | |
 | 1848 - 602 Seiten
...; 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 nf the just Smell street and blossom in the dust. WHAT is NECESSARY ? — There are many things that... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 Seiten
...pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty 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 and blossom in the dust.... | |
 | 1851 - 558 Seiten
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor...actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. BOTH WORLDS HAVE THEIR PROPER BUSINESS. Consider the great purposes of the present Tife can be answered... | |
 | United States. 76th Cong., 3d sess., 1940, United States. Congress - 1941 - 174 Seiten
...more your mighty deeds; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor — victim bleeds; Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. What a sad commentary of fate that in this age of enlightenment,... | |
 | 1910 - 594 Seiten
...legend on the obverse is taken from James Shirley's The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses (1659) — " Your heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust." A specimen of the second variety, in the British Musenm Collection,... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 Seiten
...boast no more your mighty deeds! Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds. Your heads must come, To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in their dust. James Shirley (England) Prayer to the moon Take my face and give me... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 Seiten
...the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow, 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.46 Similarly, a fine philosophical song, "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is," which is believed to have... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1996 - 220 Seiten
...by the light of this event, is brought out distinctly, like an invisible writing held to the fire. All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. We have heard that the Boston lady who recently visited our hero in prison found him wearing still... | |
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The garlands wither on your brow, 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 dust. 
