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
 | Samuel Claggett Chew - 1915 - 204 pages
...barkens to the call of the higher loyalty, and submission to that call brings with it its rewaril. .i, "They never fail who die In a great cause: the block...gore; Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limbs very apt. Cf. therefore: "The desolation piled upon me, when I stood alone upon my hearth, with my... | |
 | John Morley - 1921 - 392 pages
...sacrifice ascend to heaven And draw down freedom on her evermore. Calendaro. But if we fail /. Bertuccio. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...to city gates and castle walls — But still their spint walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep... | |
 | Norman Wentworth De Witt - 1923 - 232 pages
...Stuarts to a throne but the prose and verse of Sir Walter Scott was a glorious substitute for victory. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. It was so with the Italic sentiment of the allies that swept over Italy in the youth of the poet's... | |
 | Crane Brinton - 1926 - 258 pages
...Chainless mind ! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty ! thou art, For there thy habitation is the heart.' 4 ' They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — 1 Ibid., vol. v, p. 602. 2 Revue des Deux Monies, November 1850, p. 423. But still their spirit... | |
 | James Milton O'Neill, Andrew Thomas Weaver - 1926 - 506 pages
...desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal With the past's blood-rusted key." _- ., 4. " They never fail who die in a great cause ; the block...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... | |
 | James Milton O'Neill, Andrew Thomas Weaver - 1927 - 496 pages
...the past's blood-rusted key." , ,, 1 ' — Lowell 4. "They never fail who die in a great causejthe 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... | |
 | Albert Brecknock - 1926 - 344 pages
...Canto IV. CLXXVIII. Listen to these words of beauty, with their loftiness of vision and high ideals : " They never fail who die in a great cause ; The block may soak the gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun, their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls.... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1927 - 252 pages
...low, he placed his hand on the painknotted brows, held the heads that were helpless, and whispered — They never fail who die in a great cause. The block...their heads may sodden in the sun, Their limbs be stretched to city gates and castle -walls, But still their spirits walk abroad. Years may elapse and... | |
 | Edgar Erastus Clark - 1906 - 1072 pages
...St. Peter at the gate Say: "Come, you are a little late; Step lively, please!" — Century Magazine They never fail who die In a great cause; the block...walls — « But still their spirit walks abroad. Freedom. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom. They but augment the deep and sweeping... | |
 | 1969 - 496 pages
...achievment of mental liberty, it will be welcome by the genuine deseiple of truth ; for he knows — " They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Me strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse,... | |
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