 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, poor...  The English Poets - Страница 218под редакцията на - 1880Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 290 страници
...still : Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your...deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor- victim bleeds : Your heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet,... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1855 - 284 страници
...When they, pale captives, creep to death. * This is said to have been a favourite song of Charles II. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT. 1605—1668. [!F we cannot discover in the tedious poem of Gondibert any satisfactory... | |
 | 1855 - 458 страници
...another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to Death. The garlands wither on your...deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ; All hands must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 страници
...another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to Death. The garlands wither on your...deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ; All hands must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 страници
...still.1 Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. Shirley. HELVELLYN.3 I CLIMBED the dark brow of the mighty Helvellyn, ' Lakes and mountains beneath... | |
 | United States. 76th Cong., 3d sess., 1940, United States. Congress - 1941 - 174 страници
...countless numbers of human beings, decreed by them to a vale of misery, suffering, famine, pestilence, and death. The garlands wither on your brow; Then boast...deeds; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor — victim bleeds; Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell... | |
 | 1910 - 594 страници
...legend on the obverse is taken from James Shirley's The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses (1659) — " Your heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions...the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust." A specimen of the second variety, in the British Musenm Collection, has had the reverse inscription... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 страници
...another still: Early or late They stoop to fate. And must give up the murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your...of the just Smell sweet and blossom in their dust. James Shirley (England) Prayer to the moon Take my face and give me yours! Take my face, my unhappy... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 страници
...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.46 The concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast...deeds; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb.46 Similarly, a fine philosophical song,... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 страници
...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...purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds; 20 Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in... | |
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