 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 792 pages
...that his abilities were not equal to his station. Robertson's History of Scotland. They never fait who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore , Their heads may lodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates, and castle walls — But still their spirit... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1830 - 436 pages
...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...soak their gore; Their heads may sodden in the sun; then- limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though... | |
 | A counsellor at law - 1831 - 426 pages
...end the great struggle for liberty. This must go on — Poland must yet be free. She cannot fail. " They never fail who die " In a great cause : the block...castle walls — " But still their spirit walks abroad. Tho' years " Elapse and others share as dark a doom, " They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. Cal. But if we fail ? Isr. Bert. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which o'erpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom. What were we, If Brutus had not... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1832 - 720 pages
...human ground of consolation, so beautifully expressed by the poet : They never fail, who die In a good cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads...doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts, Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.— CHAPTER XII. THE NETHERLANDS.... | |
 | Caleb Cushing - 1833 - 406 pages
...human ground of consolation, so beautifully expressed by the poet: They never fail, who die In a good cause : — the block may soak their gore ; Their...doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts, Which overpower all others and conduct The world at last to freedom. CHAPTER VII. Spain. — Queen's... | |
 | 1833 - 406 pages
...if he breathed not the words, of the inspired lines of our last great Poet : — " They never fall who die In a great cause : the block may soak their...their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — i But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 350 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...gore;(') Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limhs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years... | |
 | 1835 - 508 pages
...preferred death to captivity and baseness, feeling the inspiration qf the sentiment, that, " They npvcr fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak...doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom." Throughout the whole controversy... | |
 | Ferdinand Brock Tupper - 1835 - 250 pages
...for a season, those who would break the chains which now bind Chile in thraldom may be assured, that "They never fail who die In a great cause: the block...castle walls— But still their spirit walks abroad ! ! " BTRON. February, 1832. NOTE. — April, 1835. — As the reader may wish to know the present... | |
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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... 
