| William Parsons Lunt - 1848 - 68 pages
...the small, Sceptre and crown with scythe and spade. 3 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 ! 4 All heads must come to the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Preserve in death a rich perfume,... | |
| Octavius Winslow - 1848 - 170 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 heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
| 1848 - 602 pages
...conquering 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 heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions nf the just Smell street... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; I — n's sister might beseem ; Or that & ʭ 0 ~ ң 7 [ "I 1849 G tomb, Only the actions of the just \ Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. ^ upon hit Mittras Sad. Melancholy,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...murm'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.... | |
| West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1849 - 558 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,... | |
| 1851 - 558 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. BOTH WORLDS HAVE THEIR PROPER... | |
| 1851 - 496 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. SOLILOQUY ON PEATH. I HAVE... | |
| 1851 - 608 pages
...murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to deatk The garlands witlter 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 action» of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust" That grand old lyric to a... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 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: All heads must come To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet,... | |
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