 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 Quarterly Review - Page 12edited by - 1833Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...more your mighty deeds; '.'•I 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 from the dust. SUDDEN DEATH. ( A real occurrence. ) EDMESTON. WHIUH is the happiest... | |
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 pages
...no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bl ceils: All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. If it be really true that this king admired these sentiments, he is... | |
 | Health - 1830 - 336 pages
...no more your mighty deeds. Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor's victims bleed. All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. PLEASURES OF OLD AGE. IT is the observation of a fine writer, that... | |
 | 1832 - 348 pages
...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." Page 225. These little tracts annexed. In the first edition of Mr.... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1832 - 348 pages
...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." Page 225. These little tracts annexed. In the first edition of Mr.... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 pages
...more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds : All hands must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. PROVIDENCE. [POMFRET.] BOLD is the wretch, and blasphemous the man.... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...your mighty deeds; Upon death's purple altar now See where th« victor victim bleeds : All heads mast come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and bloisom in the dust— Shirley. arts. THE APOLLINARIAN games are annually celebrated under... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 540 pages
...dust be equal made fFtth the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the fold, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. } Agam. Set forward to the temple. This was once A day of triumph, but the death of Ajax Will make... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 534 pages
...tumble down, And in the dust be equal made fPtth the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men vciih swords may reap the field, , And plant fresh laurels...heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions oftliejust Smell street, and blossom in their dust. l Agam. Set forward to the temple. This was once... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 528 pages
...Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now, See, where the victor victim bleeds : Your heads must come To the cold tomb, —...of Oblivion, passed, as it was humorously said, in fa\or of the king's friends. His plays were revived, but he remained toiling in his school, and drudging,... | |
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