 Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3131839Full view - About this book
 | Christianity - 1822 - 792 pages
...plant fresh laurels, where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield : ; . They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate,...deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the jnst Smelj sweet,... | |
 | 1822 - 796 pages
...And plant fresh laurels, where they kill : But their strong nerves ut last must yield: They tarae but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate,...captives — creep to death. The garlands wither on yonr brow; Then boast no more your mighty deeds: Upon death's purple altar uo\v See where the victor... | |
 | Arminianism - 1839 - 1092 pages
...And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late. They stoop to fate...., When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garland* wither on your brow. Then boaxt no more your mighty deeds ; '-,-•' Death's purple altar... | |
 | Classical philology - 1823 - 408 pages
...я-вф|Аа;леуо? yàg >)í тех' èy Çeooïs' тгЕф|Ла^£Уо^ yüy IVo'eai ey ya' 1 All heads roust come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. сгочлГ т/ 7гЛ.>)У î ôenov ye TÚ/*j3oy .'.&'•..,* Sí« I^M lin ".CU gl/ Qg 1"»lfiM«l... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1823 - 524 pages
...plant fresh laurels where they kill ; 16 But their strong nerves at last must yield l They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, 15 When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...mourning, the concluding passage of the fine old moral stanzas which we have just quoted : — " All heads must come To the cold tomb ; — Only the actions...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." The commencement of his late Majesty's reign was in every respect popular. It is difficult to estimate... | |
 | Isaac Wilkinson - 1824 - 126 pages
...ere it conquers, wear not The pledges of a soldier's word, Redeem'd and pore, — we care not. MOORE. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now See ! Marshal Ney, the victim, bleeds. His widow shall curse thee while life doth remain, And the orphan... | |
 | Isaac Wilkinson (of Cockermouth.) - 1824 - 132 pages
...pledges of a soldier's word, Redeem'd and pure,—we care not. The garlands wither on your brow, MOORE. Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now See ! Marshal Ney, the victim, bleeds. His widow shall curse thee while life doth remain, And the orphan... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And inus't victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield. They tame but one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate,...on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds t Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All head» must come To the cold... | |
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