 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
 | Henry Beebee Carrington - 1894 - 448 pages
...youth. 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...sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle wall ; But still their spirit walks abroad. "Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom,... | |
 | 1903 - 662 pages
...stood for, all that he advocated, will one day bless humanity as living realities. He did not fail. "They never fail who die In a great cause ; the block may soak their (fore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to the city gates and castle walls... | |
 | Kate Cumming - 1895 - 294 pages
...offered up their lives in vain : '1 For they never fail who die In a just cause. The block may suck Their gore; their heads may sodden In the sun; their...strung To city gates and castle walls: But still their spirits walk abroad, And never rest until the great cause triumphs." CHAPTER XII. NEWNAN MOBILE. JANUARY... | |
 | 1895 - 768 pages
...fear, That tyranny shall quake to hear ! Byron, Giaour. They never fail who die In a great canse : the block may soak their gore, Their 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 share as... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - 1897 - 798 pages
...therefore repeat the statement: The men who died for the Confederate cause, have not died in vain. No,— "They never fail who die In a great cause. The block...strung 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... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - 1897 - 798 pages
...therefore repeat the statement: The men who died for the Confederate cause, have not died in vain. No,— "They never fail who die In a great cause. The block...strung 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... | |
 | Philip Hugh Dalbiac - 1897 - 526 pages
...least, that let men know their love." SHAKESPEARE. Two Gentlemen of Verona (Lucetta), Act I., Sc. II. " They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gcre ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls —... | |
 | Albert Elmer Hancock - 1899 - 230 pages
...ghosts, which prowl invisible, yet influential, and which resist all attempts of tyranny to lay them: " They never fail who die In a great cause: the block...heads may sodden in the sun, their limbs Be strung to cities' gates and castle walls, But still their spirit walks abroad." In thus drawing from heroism... | |
 | John Nichol - 1899 - 260 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 :...may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the suu; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls, But still their spirit walks abroad " —a... | |
 | William Elsey Connelley - 1900 - 316 pages
...ASTOR. LENOX AND TIL-DEN FOUN DA TiON. R 1 f)2S L Copyrighted by CBANK & COMPANY, Topeka, Kansas 1900 They never fail who die In a great cause: the block may soak Iheir gore, Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs Be strung to city gates and cattle walls,... | |
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