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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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Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts: Or, What I Saw in Camp, on the March ...

Bartholomew S. De Forest - 1866 - 338 pages
...cast with such a noble band of our country's defenders. RANDOM SKETCHES AND WANDEEING THOUGHTS. 1862. "They never fail who die In a great Cause; the block may Boak their gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates or castle...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...strife expires, Will add to theirs a name of fear, That tyranny shall quake to hear ! Byron, G-iaour, They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates or castle walls ; — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others...
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Standard Fifth Reader, Part 2

Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...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...
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The St. James's Magazine, Volume 20

1867 - 520 pages
...for which alike a Hampden and a Falkland bled, and it is a titled poet who says on such a subject : " 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 walla ; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years elapse, and others...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1110 pages
...the sacrifice ascend to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. Cal. But if we fail — /. Ber. ons, feelings, city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years 6n> Elapse, and others...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1088 pages
...the sacrifice ascend to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. Cal. But if we fail — /. Ber. But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years 610 Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They...
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Works, Volume 4

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 632 pages
...the Doge of high treason against the Republic.] Cal. But if we fail/. Ber, They never fail who die c 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...
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The Complete Poetical Works

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 pages
...great canse: the block may soak their Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs . Be strong to ase resigns his prey To Death, the parent of decay, Thine image cannot fade. 60 A 6K> Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which...
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A Century of Intellectual Development

Hector Macpherson - 1907 - 354 pages
...kindled throughout Europe the sacred flame of liberty. In the following lines we have the real Byron : " 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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The Greater English Poets of the Nineteenth Century

William Morton Payne - 1907 - 404 pages
...view of the cause for which Byron gave his life, are those of Israel Bertuccio in "Marino Faliero" : "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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