 | 1841 - 586 Seiten
...high and mighty with the small, Sceptre and crown with scythe and spade. 3 The laurel withers on our brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon...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,... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 Seiten
...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 munn'ring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 616 Seiten
...diutius in vita, fortunae objectutn, inutile putabat ipsi." CM i no — Tusc: Quaes : lib. 1., sec. 46. " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; (rpon Death's purple altar now, See, where the victor-victim bleeds : Your heads must come To the... | |
 | 1842 - 92 Seiten
...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,...creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, They boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now, See where the victor-victim bleeds... | |
 | 1842 - 344 Seiten
...Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...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... | |
 | 1842 - 542 Seiten
...Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...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... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last murt jit'id, They tame but f my own, But so with roses overgrown, And lilies,...It loved only to be there. Among the beds of lilies vour mighty d«*l- : Upon Death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds : All heads... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 Seiten
...but one another still : Early or late They sioop to fate, And must give up their, murmuring hrenth. When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands...deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds; All heads must come To tlie cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | Sir Robert Adair - 1844 - 552 Seiten
...first-rate talents.' Cependant tout ce qu'ils ont fait, tout ce * Speech on Mr. Fox's India Bill. f " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ! Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." The above lines of Shirley point... | |
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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, pale... 
