 | Jean Froissart, Enguerrand de Monstrelet - 1847 - 454 Seiten
...substantial things ; 6 There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads mast come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. CHAPTER IX. Death of King Charles — War against the Dauphin, or Charles VIII., carried on by the... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; I — n's sister might beseem ; Or that & ʭ 0 ~ ...and Lincoln"% Chambers Robert" Robert Chambers( ^ upon hit Mittras Sad. Melancholy, hence, and get Some piece of earth to be thy seat, Here the air... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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
...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 sweet, and blossom in their dust. James Shirley Moving from 'first response' to 'written analysis'... | |
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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. 
