| 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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...So that the sacrifice 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...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... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 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 heads may sodden 6 in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; But still their spirit walks abroad.... | |
| Horatio Balch Hackett - 1864 - 276 pages
...with uplifted stumps of arms or hands, they cried out, " Oh, yes, THE AFRICAN STANDARD-BEARER. 115 yes! We will never give up till the last brother breaks...sun ; their limbs Be strung to the city gates and easflo walls, But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse and others share as dark a doom,... | |
| Massachusetts - 1864 - 476 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...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... | |
| 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 ;...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... | |
| 1864 - 568 pages
...cause ; the block may soak tlieir gore; Their heads nmy sodden in the sun, their limba Be strung to city gates and castle walls: But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and other* share as dark a doom. They but augment the deep and sweeping thought* Which overpower all others,... | |
| Alpheus Crosby - 1865 - 32 pages
...us on, right on. They still strive in our efforts ; they triumph in our success. It is thus that " They never fail who die In a great cause. The block...; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs lie strung to city gates and castle walls : But still their spirit is abroad. Though years Elapse,... | |
| James Hain Friswell - 1866 - 328 pages
...throne is as nothing — indeed, no throne —compared to the scaffold whereon a great man perishes. " 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." And, again, the same poet, Byron,... | |
| Kate Cumming - 1866 - 218 pages
...not offered up their lives in vain. "For they never fail who die In a just cause. The block may suck Their gore; their heads may sodden In the sun ; their limbs be strung To city-gates and castle-walls, But still their spirits walk abroad, And never rest till the great cause... | |
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