 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...  Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson - Page 617by Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 772 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar,... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at length must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early...breath, "When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar... | |
 | 1863 - 438 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves...murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1863 - 420 pages
...With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men •with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar... | |
 | 1863 - 478 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...breath. When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar,... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garland withers on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar,... | |
 | 1863 - 362 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar,... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - 408 pages
...the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurela where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last...murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar,... | |
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