 ... 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, creep to death. The...  The every-day book: or The guide to the year - Seite 715von William Hone - 1859Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1842 - 542 Seiten
...be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 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 ! Your heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 Seiten
...murmuring breath, When they, pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar...of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." It is said to have been a favourite song with that profligate man, King Charles II. ; it is to be regretted,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1844 - 400 Seiten
...murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. III. THE RISING IN THE NORTH. THB subject of this ballad is the great Northern Insurrection in the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 Seiten
...murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar...actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the duct. SHIBLBT. I999 Sabbat!) WELCOME, thou peaceful dawn ! O'er field and wooded lawn The wonted sound... | |
 | 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
...murmuring breath When they, 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. Your heads must come, To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 Seiten
...concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon death's purple altar...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... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 Seiten
...murmuring breath 15 When they, 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; 20 Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - 2014 - 132 Seiten
...more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now 20 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 This poem has a very important message for us all,... | |
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