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" 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... "
Christian Memorials of the War: Or, Scenes and Incidents Illustrative of ... - Page 109
by Horatio Balch Hackett - 1864 - 256 pages
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...the sacrifice ascend 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...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...
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History of Independence Hall: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time ...

David W. Belisle - 1859 - 450 pages
...pictured immortality," uniting the present with the past, and recalling their sublime transactions. " They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block...heads may sodden in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; But still their spirits walk abroad. Though years Elapse, and others...
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Kansas in Eighteen Fifty-eight: Being Chiefly a History of the Recent ...

William P. Tomlinson - 1859 - 328 pages
...Montgomery turned to him and repeated the following sublime lines of Byron : — " They never fail who dio 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, Yet still their spiiits stalk abroad. Though years Elapse, and others...
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Echoes of Harper's Ferry ...

James Redpath - 1860 - 530 pages
...cause : the block may soak their gore, Their beads may sodden in the sun ; their llmbt Be strung to city gates and castle walls; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Jtlapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thought• Which overpower...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...that the sacrifice ascend 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...heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though yean Elapse, and others...
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Moral and Religious Quotations from the Poets: Topically Arranged ...

1861 - 356 pages
...Depending more upon the historian's style Than on the name a porson leaves behind. BYRON. They never fall who die In a great cause: the block may soak 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...
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The Doctrine of Atonement by the Son of God ...

Henry Solly - 1861 - 392 pages
...piety and freedom, or 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...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...
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Addresses and Messages to the General Court, Proclamations, Official ...

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...
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Notes and Queries

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 sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls," &c. JS [Lord Byron : Marino Faliero, Act II. Sc. 2.] WHITTINGTON AND...
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Sunbeams for all seasons; counsels, cautions, and precepts &c

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 limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls, — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others...
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