 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
 | J. Morrison Davidson - 1890 - 148 pages
...Bridge by the side of the mouldering remains of that of his immortal brother. Howbeit, " They never fall who die In a great cause. The block may soak their...strung to city gates and castle walls But still their spirits walk abroad." Many volumes have been written for and against the claim of Edward I. to royal... | |
 | Roden Noel - 1890 - 272 pages
...government, would be a motive very familiar to Byron's own conflicting nature. These are good lines : — " They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their gore j Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls : But still... | |
 | Otto Schmidt - 1890 - 194 pages
...den Aufstand in Italien voraus2). Der Freiheit im allgemeinen verspricht er oft den endlichen Sieg: They never fail who die In a great cause; the block may snak their gore; Their heads maij sodden in the sun; their limbs Be struck to city gates and castle... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 pages
...the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. Cal. But if we fail /. Her. q50 iheir gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls... | |
 | Charles Sotheran - 1892 - 376 pages
...the other hand, the Wages Slaves can console themselves with the thought of Byron in Marino Faliero : "They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block...castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad." CHAPTER X. SOCIALISM'S PRESENT AND FUTURE. " ' I AHE time has passed when Socialism can be dismissed... | |
 | George Washington Julian - 1892 - 682 pages
...longer a problem. You have succeeded ; for " They never fail who die In a good cause; the block may lick their gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun, their...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 deep... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1893 - 330 pages
...smiling, Love in every star appears, Every leaf in love seems trembling— Earth sings harmony of spheres. They never fail who die In a great cause. The block...strung to city gates and castle walls; But still their spirits walk abroad. I have a treasure better far Than glittering gein or shining gold ; It is the... | |
 | Robert Frederick Brewer - 1893 - 402 pages
...| Shall he expire, And unavenged ?—Arise, | ye Goths, and glut your ire ! Byron. "Childe Harold." They never fail who die In a great cause : | the block...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,... | |
 | John Morley - 1894 - 468 pages
...sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore, CAL. " But if we fail— ? I. BEK. " They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...castle walls, But still their spirit walks abroad " — a passage which, after his wont, he spoils by platitudes about the precisian Brutus, who certainly... | |
 | John Nichol - 1894 - 240 pages
...sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. CAL. But if we fail— ? I. BEK They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...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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