 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...they kill ; But their strong nerves at last murt jit'id, They tame but one another still ; Early or vergrown, And lilies, that you would it guess To be...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 440 pages
...they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They turne but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring...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... | |
 | Fredericus Theodorus Visser - 2002 - 688 pages
...Thursday next be married to this county. | CIÓ35 James Shirley, A Dirge (from Ajax& Ulyss.) 13, Early or late They stoop to fate And must give up their murmuring breath. | 1697 Dryden, Virg. Georg. IV, 372, Crowds of dead, that never must return To their lov'd Hives. |... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - 1968 - 254 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...your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon Deaths purple Altar now, See where the Victor-victim bleeds, Your heads must come, To the cold Tomb;... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 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... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 pages
...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.46 The concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast...purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb.46 Similarly, a fine philosophical song, "My Mind to Me a Kingdom... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. (1. 1—8) 2 make Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year,...a month, a week, a natural day. That Faustus may (1. 14 — 16) 3 Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in their dust. (1. 23—24) ACP;... | |
 | Dale B. J. Randall - 484 pages
...moving of all responses in our dramatic literature to the wars that had ensnared the English people: The Garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon Deaths purple Altar now, See where the Victor-victim bleeds, Your heads must come, To the cold Tomb,... | |
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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,... 
