 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...  The Works of Lord Byron - Page 81by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. "But if we fail ? " her native To journey the airy gloom began, Spher'd in a radiant cloud, ; [limbs Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; But still... | |
 | William H. Sylvis, James C. Sylvis - 1872 - 470 pages
...accomplished. But let us remember that " The}- never fail who die In a great cause; the block may souk their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to the city gates and castle walls ; Hut still their spirit walks abroad. Though years . Klapse, and others... | |
 | James Aitken Wylie - 1874 - 650 pages
...strengthened the resolution in the hearts of the patriots that never should the duke call them his subjects. " They never fail who die In a great cause: the block may soak their sore; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls —... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...in this world, — the veneration done to human worth by the hearts of men. CARLVLR. Death.] XLVIIL They never fail who die In a great cause. The block...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 share as dark... | |
 | L. U. Reavis - 1876 - 1062 pages
...cross on Calvary's heights, and it has often since crimsoned the axe of civil despotism. In truth — " They never fail who die in a great cause, The block may soak the gore. Their beads may sodden In the sun, Their limbs be strung to city gates and castle walls,... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - 1877 - 240 pages
...immortal souls ; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close us in, we cannot hear it. 15. They never fail who die In a great cause ! The block...their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls ; * Plates. But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom,... | |
 | Poets - 1877 - 300 pages
...must get drunk ; The best of life is but intoxication. Dan Juan. Canto II. Father Mathew, 1790. 11. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be struck to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Marina fallen, Act II.... | |
 | Ben Douglass - 1878 - 904 pages
...things, and most kind and gentle disposition. CHAPTER XXIX. WAYNE COUNTY SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. " They never fail who die In a great cause. The block...sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates or castle walls ; But still their spirits walk abroad, though years Elapse, and others share as dark... | |
 | Pennsylvania. State Board of Agriculture - 1893 - 882 pages
...had the true sentiment of patriotism and devotion to country when he wrote of the patriot martyrs: "They never fail who die In a great cause; the block...to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirits walk abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deed... | |
 | John Nichol - 1880 - 240 pages
...the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. CAL. "But if we fail— » I. BER. " They never fail who die In a great cause :...castle walls, But still their spirit walks abroad " — a passage which, after his wont, he spoils by platitudes about the precisian Brutus, who certainly... | |
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