 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...  Led to the Light: A Sequel to Opposite the Jail - Page 46by Mary Andrews Denison - 1867 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 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...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 share as... | |
 | Alice Somerton - 1858 - 426 pages
...as beautiful, So that the sacrifice ascend to Heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. * * * * They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs lie strung to city gates, and castle walls, But still their spirit walks abroad. BYRON. WHEN Lord Grey... | |
 | 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...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 share as dark... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates, and castle walls, Yet still their spiiits stalk abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark... | |
 | 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...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 share as dark... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 sun ; 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°*... | |
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