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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.... "
The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal - Page 128
1826
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Poetry for Schools: Designed for Reading and Recitation : the Whole Selected ...

Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 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...victor victim bleeds. All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom, in the dust. THE GENIUS OF DEATH. What...
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Lucas's Penny Library, Issue 1

1842 - 92 pages
...murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, They 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 just Smell sweet,...
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The Eton School Magazine

1842 - 542 pages
...be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 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 just Smell sweet...
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The Eton Bureau, Issues 1-6

1842 - 344 pages
...be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 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 just Smell sweet...
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The Illustrated Book of Christian Ballads and Other Poems, Volume 6

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 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...victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the duct. SHIBLBT. I999 Sabbat!) WELCOME,...
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic ..., Volume 1

Thomas Percy - 1844 - 400 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...victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. III. THE RISING IN THE NORTH....
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the ..., Volume 2

William Goodman - 1844 - 378 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...victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." It is said to have been a...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more vour mighty d«*l- : where it should lie ; Yet could tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. Upon ha Miffrctt Sad. Melancholy,...
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Historical Memoir of a Mission to the Court of Vienna in 1806

Sir Robert Adair - 1844 - 564 pages
...ont fait, tout ce * Speech on Mr. Fox's India Bill. t " 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 ! Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." The above lines of Shirley point...
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The Guide to Knowledge, Or Repertory of Facts: Forming a Complete Library of ...

Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 pages
...murmuring hrenth. 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 heads must come To tlie cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet...
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