 There is something of pride in the perilous hour, Whate'er be the shape in which death may lower ; For Fame is there to say who bleeds, And Honour's eye on daring deeds ! But when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er the weltering field of the tombless...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 2671816Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...BYRON'S Giaour. 26. Theirs the strife, That neither' spares nor speaks for life. BYRON'S Giaour. 27. But when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er the weltering field of the tomhless dead, And see worms of the earth and fowls of the air, And beasts of the forest, all gathering... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1848 - 320 pages
...shape in which death may lower; For Fame is there to say who bleeds, And Honour's eye on daring deeds ! But when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er...regarding man as their prey, All rejoicing in his decay. xvin. There is a temple in ruin stands, Fashion'd by long forgotten hands ; Two or three columns, and... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...in which death may lower ; For fame is there to say who bleeds, And honour's eye on daring deeds ! But when all is past, it is humbling to tread, O'er...regarding man as their prey ; All rejoicing in his decay. THE FARMER'S WIFE AND THE GASCON. AT Neufchatel, in France, where they prepare Cheeses that set us... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - 1851 - 506 pages
...shape, in which death may lower, For fame is there, to say who bleeds. And honor's eye on daring deeds I But when all is past, it is humbling to tread, O'er...the weltering field of the tombless dead, And see the worms of the earth and fowls of the air, Beasts of the forest, all gathering there." Our total... | |
 | Raphael Semmes - 1852 - 392 pages
...shape, in which death may lower. For fame is there, to say who bleeds, And honor's eye on daring deeds ! But when all is past, it is humbling to tread, O'er...the weltering field of the tombless dead. And see the worms of the earth and fowls of the air. Beasts of the forest, all gathering there." Our total... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 pages
...which death may lower ; For Fame is there to say who bleeds, And Honour's eye on daring deeds ! Bnt when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er the...regarding man as their prey, All rejoicing in his decay. — BYRON — Siege of Corinth. 2 Remove yon skull from ont the scattered heaps. Is that a temple where... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1853 - 404 pages
...to say who bleeds, And Honour's eye on daring deeds! Hut when all is past, it is humbling to t,vnd O'er the weltering field of the tombless dead, And...regarding man as their prey, All rejoicing in his decay. — BYRON — Siege of Corinth. * Remove yon skull from out the scattered heaps. Is that a temple where... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...When Greeks join'd Greeks, then was the tug of war; The laboured battle sweat, and conquest bled. Lee. But when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er...dead, And see worms of the earth and fowls of the air, And beasts of the forest, all gathering there; All regarding man as their prey, All rejoicing in his... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...darin; deeds I Bat when all M past, it Ú humbling to tread O'er the weltering field of the torabless dead, And see worms of the earth, and fowls of the air, Blasts of the forest, all gathering there ; AU regarding man as their prey, AU rejoicing ¡n his decay."... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...in which death may lower ; For Fame is there to say who bleeds, And Honour's eye on daring deeds ! But when all is past, it is humbling to tread O'er...regarding man as their prey, All rejoicing in his decay. SIEGE OF CORINTH. THE APPARITION OF PRANCESCA.* WAS it the wind, through some hollow stone, Sent that... | |
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