 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
 | 1846 - 436 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. THE WIDOW TO HER HOUR-GLASS. — Blaomfield. COME, friend, I '11 turn... | |
 | 1851 - 316 pages
...no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor-Tictim bleeds ; All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. THE UNIVERSALIST SILENCED. — A few years since, a Universalist in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds : All For women first sweet and blossom in the dust. Upon hit Mittmt Sad. Melancholy, hence, and get . Some piece of earth... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...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. —JAMES SHIRLEY. TEMPERANCE, OR THE CHEAP PHYSICIAN. Go now, and with... | |
 | Jean Froissart, Enguerrand de Monstrelet - 1847 - 454 pages
...substantial things ; 6 There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads mast 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... | |
 | Octavius Winslow - 1848 - 170 pages
...shadows, not substantial tilings ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."1 A few observations, in closing, addressed to the believing soldier.... | |
 | William Parsons Lunt - 1848 - 146 pages
...no more your mighty deeds; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds! 4 All heads must come to the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Preserve in death a rich perfume, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. III. SELECTIONS FKOM THE SCRIPTURES.... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1849 - 572 pages
...no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ! 4 All heads must come to the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Preserve in death a rich perfume, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. CM 506. DODDRIDGE. The Highway... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 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. GEORGE WITHER. THIS poet was bom of a good family at Bentworth, near... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 pages
...shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour agninst fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. t : HE CAN CARRY NOTHING WITH IIIM WHEN HE DIETH." WAGES of Sin is death... | |
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