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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... "
Gleanings from the English poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with biogr. notices ... - Page 77
by English poets - 1862
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 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...the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom, in the dot. §110. Song. SMOLLITT. To fix her, 'twere a task as rain To count the...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45

1839 - 894 pages
...And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame hut one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate,...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...
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Time's Telescope for ... ; Or, A Complete Guide to the Almanack

1817 - 494 pages
...where they kill; But their strong nerves at last wust yield, They tame but one another still. Early OF late, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring...purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds; AH heads must come To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the ilust....
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An excursion to Windsor, in July 1810. Also A sail down the river Medway ...

John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...But their strong nerves at last niastyieW, They tome but one another still 328 ORDER OF THE GARTER. Early or late They stoop to Fate, And must give up...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,...
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The Lives of Dr. John Donne;--Sir Henry Wotton;--Mr. Richard ..., Volume 2

Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
...agitation of mind. The following is. the third add cmicliuling stanza : " The garlands wither on \<mr brow ; " Then boast no more your mighty deeds : "...cold tomb : " Only the actions of the just " Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." Melvin died before him1, then George Herbert died without an enemy...
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 8

1828 - 454 pages
...swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill { Bat their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still ; Early...purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds t All heads must coma To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the...
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The Englishman's fire-side

492 pages
...or late They stoop to fate, Ami imwt give up their murmuring breath, When they pal* captives yield to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast...the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet* and blossom in the dust. THE LARK. ' Tis the LARK, with upward wing, Soaring to the skies. Cheerfully...
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 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...the cold tomb,— Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. TO MRS. .— J, Bawdier, Jim. THINK not, because thy quiet day In silent...
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Christian Remembrancer: Or, The Churchman's Biblical ..., Volume 4

1822 - 792 pages
...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....must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the jnst Smelj sweet, and blos,som in the dust. JAMKS SIIIRLRV,— Died 1666. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine

1839 - 1092 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..., When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garland* wither on your brow. Then boaxt no more your mighty deeds ; '-,-•' Death's purple altar...
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