 | 1822 - 796 pages
...field, And plant fresh laurels, where they kill : But their strong nerves ut last must yield: They tarae but one another still. Early or late They stoop to...captives — creep to death. The garlands wither on yonr brow; Then boast no more your mighty deeds: Upon death's purple altar uo\v See where the victor... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1825 - 404 pages
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 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And inus't sweet and blossom in the dust. If it be really true that this king admired these sentiments, he is... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...swords тяу reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last king one penny for relief, which to me appear'da stranger...for the country to come in and refresh them with t Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All head» must come To the cold... | |
 | 1826 - 638 pages
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 | William Hone - 1826 - 892 pages
...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...to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boasl no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds:... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...their murmuring breathy Vr'hca they pate captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your hrow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's...the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust'. SELECTED FROM COKDER'S POEMI. HOME. THAT is not home, where day by... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...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...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 and blossom... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...swords may reap the field, [kill; And plant fresh laurels where they But their strong nerves at last must yield — They tame but one another still; Early...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... | |
 | 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...the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." Page 225. These little tracts annexed. In the first edition of Mr.... | |
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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... 
