 They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 366by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901Full view - About this book
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pages
...generous soul, but not subdue. Waddimgton. They never fall who die In a great cause ; the block may seek their gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun, their...doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts That overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom. — Byron. — Land of our fathers... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. Cal. But if we fail /. Ber. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ;...walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though yean Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thought! Which... | |
 | 1861 - 584 pages
...—Who is the author of the following lines? — t " They never fail who die In a great cause. The blnck may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the...their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls," &c. JS [Lord Byron : Marino Faliero, Act II. Sc. 2.] WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT. (2°* S. xi. 206. 253.)... | |
 | Henry Solly - 1861 - 392 pages
...when her later ones fell in the same noble cause. Truly has it been said — They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun .... But still their spirit walks abroad .... . . . . What were we If Brutus had not lived 1 He died... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor - 1861 - 566 pages
...character, their service, their fate, their glory, they * cannot fail : — " They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the Bun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 pages
...fail ; — "They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore ; Their beads may sodden in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city...sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to FREEDOM." The edict of Nantes maintaining the religious liberty of the Huguenots... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 pages
...ascend to Heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. ' But if we fail ? ' They never fail, who die In a great cause ! The block may soak their gore ;...sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world, at last, to freedom ! " Examples for the longest ' quantity ' and 'fullest swell' of the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...character, their service, their fate, their glory, they cannot fail : — " They never fail who die In a great cause; the block may soak their gore; Their heads may sodden 6 in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; But still their spirit walks abroad.... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1864 - 476 pages
...their character, their service, their fate, their glory, they cannot fail : " They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore ;...sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to FREEDOM." The edict of Nantes maintaining the religious liberty of the Huguenots... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...CONSPIRATOR— BERTUCCIO CHIEF OF THE ARSENAL Cal. T) UT if we fail — Bert. They never fail who die D in a great cause : the block may soak their gore ;...sweeping thoughts which overpower all others and conduct the world at last to freedom: What were we if Brutus had not lived? He died in giving Rome liberty,... | |
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