 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...captives creep to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds t andscape round it measures . Husset lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. If it be really true that... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - 374 pages
...hoast 1i0 more your mightv deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim hleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomh, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and hlossom in the dust. 20 IIL THE RISING IN T11E NORTH. The suhject of this hallad is the... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 pages
...the head that wears a crown ! King Henry IV. Part II. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty 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 and blossom in the dust.... | |
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 pages
...the bead that wears a crown ! King Henry IV. Part II. Tbe garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty 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 and blossom in the dust.... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...munn'ring 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 now See where the victor victim bleeds : All hands must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.... | |
 | 1844 - 586 pages
...with the small, Sceptre and crown with scythe and spade. 3 The laurel withers on our brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ! 4 All heads must come to the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Preserve in death a rich perfume,... | |
 | 1841 - 586 pages
...with the small, Sceptre and crown with scythe and spade. 3 The laurel withers on our brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ! 4 All heads must come to the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Preserve in death a rich perfume,... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pages
...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 now, See, where the victor-victim bleeds. Your beads must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | 1871 - 410 pages
...generation, are but puerile and faltering imitations. " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar, now, See where the victor-victim bleeds. All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the ashes of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 pages
...ipsi." CICERO — Tusc : Quaes : lib. 1., sec. 4C. •• The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty 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 juit Smell sweet,... | |
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... 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 captives, creep to death.... 
