 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 New Edinburgh review - Page 1411822Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Governor - 1861 - 566 pages
...By their names, 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 ; Their heads may sodden in the Bun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though... | |
 | 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.)... | |
 | Massachusetts. Governor (1861-1866 : Andrew) - 1862 - 1020 pages
...youth. By their names, 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 ; Their beads may sodden in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; But still their... | |
 | Luther Samuel Dickey - 1915 - 516 pages
...OF CASEY'S DIVISION. — 85TH PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT ASSIGNED POST OF HONOR. MAY 31 AND JUNE 1, 1862. "They never fail who die In a great cause! The block...others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom." — Byron... | |
 | Samuel Claggett Chew - 1915 - 206 pages
...of Astarte in Manfred. * Cf. among other places, I, ii, 192 and 316f.; II, i, 406 f.; III, i, 45 f. Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still...others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom" (II, ii,... | |
 | Samuel Claggett Chew - 1915 - 204 pages
...barkens to the call of the higher loyalty, and submission to that call brings with it its rewaril. .i, "They never fail who die In a great cause: the block...gore; Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs very apt. Cf. therefore: "The desolation piled upon me, when I stood alone upon my hearth, with my... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1917 - 324 pages
...They are safe. Failure is impossible to them, for " They never fail who die In a great cause. . . . But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years...others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which o'erpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom." It seems... | |
 | William Chalmers Covert - 1920 - 208 pages
...The world felt as it looked back upon the eras of struggle and generations of courageous martyrs that "They never fail who die In a great cause. The block...others share as dark a doom They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others and conduct The world at last to freedom." GEORGE... | |
 | John Morley - 1921 - 390 pages
...sacrifice ascend to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. Calendaro. But if we fail /. Bertucdo. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom. What were... | |
 | John Morley - 1921 - 392 pages
...sacrifice ascend to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. Calendaro. But if we fail /. Bertuccio. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...to city gates and castle walls — But still their spint walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep... | |
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