 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1884 - 462 pages
...him—affix his head to any gibbet—you cannot get rid of his work so. He failed, says Mr. Forster! ** They never fail who die in a great cause. The block may soak their gore, Their head be strung to city gates or castle walls, But still their spirit walks abroad ! " As the mad voluptuary... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1890 - 272 pages
...government, would be a motive very familiar to Byron's own conflicting nature. These are good lines : — " They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore j Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls : But still... | |
 | Otto Schmidt - 1890 - 194 pages
...den Aufstand in Italien voraus2). Der Freiheit im allgemeinen verspricht er oft den endlichen Sieg: They never fail who die In a great cause; the block may snak their gore; Their heads maij sodden in the sun; their limbs Be struck to city gates and castle... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 pages
...feelings save the one — We must resign all passions save our purpose — We must l>ehold no object ge Gordon Byron /. Her. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak iheir gore ; Their heads may... | |
 | John Nichol - 1894 - 240 pages
...forget all feelings save the one, We must resign all passions save our purpose, We must behold no object save our country, And only look on death as beautiful...down freedom on her evermore. CAL. But if we fail— ? I. BEK They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 468 pages
...forget all feelings save the one, We must resign all passions save our purpose, We must behold no object save our country, And only look on death as beautiful...freedom on her evermore, CAL. " But if we fail— ? I. BEK. " They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads... | |
 | 1894 - 706 pages
...forget all feelings save the one, We must resign all passions save our purpose, We must behold no object save our country, And only look on death as beautiful...sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom en her evermore. CAl. But if we fail— ? I. BEH They never fail who die In a great cause : the block... | |
 | 1903 - 662 pages
...stood for, all that he advocated, will one day bless humanity as living realities. He did not fail. "They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their (fore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to the city gates and castle walls... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...least, that let men know their love." SHAKESPEARE. Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lucetta), Act I., Sc. II. " They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gcre ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls —... | |
 | John Nichol - 1899 - 260 pages
...the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. CAL. " But if we fail— ? I. BER. " They never fail who die In a great cause :...may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the suu; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls, But still their spirit walks abroad " —a... | |
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We must forget all feelings save the one — We must resign all passions save our purpose — We must behold no object save our country — And only look on death as beautiful, So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. 
