 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...  The Carthusian - Página 2521837Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1842 - 542 páginas
...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...the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. Idem Latin? Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium... | |
 | 1842 - 344 páginas
...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...the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. Idem Latine Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium... | |
 | 1842 - 92 páginas
...murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, They boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. The second is in a somewhat lower strain, but is yet exceedingly beautiful. Victorious men of earth,... | |
 | R. M. Evans - 1842 - 264 páginas
...shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. CHAPTER IX. DEATH OF KING CHARLES—WAR AGAINST THE DAUPHIN, OR CHARLES... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 páginas
...boast no more your mighty 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, and blossom, in the dust. THE GENIUS OF DEATH. What is death ? 'Tis to be free f No more to... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 páginas
...no more your mighty 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, and blossom in the duct. SHIBLBT. I999 Sabbat!) WELCOME, thou peaceful dawn ! O'er field and... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 páginas
...more your mighty 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 and blossom in the dust." It is said to have been a favourite song with that profligate man,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 páginas
...boast no more your mighty 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 and blossom in the dust." 1. What took place on this day m 1660 ? 2. What causes contributed... | |
 | George Ellis - 1845 - 440 páginas
...[From " The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses for the Armour of Achille«."] THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. THOMAS HAY, A CELEBRATED poet and historian, born about 1596, in Sussex,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...laurels where they kill ;3 But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still.4 Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up...the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet,5 and blossom in the dust. Shirley. This poem was written about the beginning of the 17th century.... | |
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