 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 pages
...they kill: 10 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 15 When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow; Then boast no more your... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - 2014 - 132 pages
...strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still; Early or late They stoop to fate, is And must give up their murmuring breath When they,...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... | |
 | Mark Pryce - 2001 - 164 pages
...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. 114 Then boast no more your mighty deeds! Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim... | |
 | Arapeta Awatere - 2003 - 548 pages
...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...deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds: Your head must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pages
...must give up their murmurming breath, IN TIME When they, pale captives, creep to death. OF WAR \42i 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... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - 2005 - 272 pages
...must yield; They tame but one another still; Early or late They stoop to fate. And must give up the murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to...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,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1860 - 332 pages
...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...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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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 captives,... 
