| Robert Folkestone Williams - 1840 - 218 Seiten
...reap the field And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But the r strong nerves at last mustyield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They...up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, stoop to death. SlIIlil-KT. To set a lawe and kepe it nonht, Ther is no comoun profit sonht; But above... | |
| Henry William Herbert - 1840 - 370 Seiten
...III. Then happy, low, lie down ! Uneasy lies 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... | |
| Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - 1840 - 1020 Seiten
...III. Then happy, low, lie down ! Uneasy lies 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... | |
| Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 Seiten
...down, And in the dust be equal laid, With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they...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... | |
| Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 Seiten
...down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they...or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their munn'ring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast... | |
| 1871 - 410 Seiten
...their descendants, though the hope of their 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... | |
| Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 616 Seiten
...diutius in vita, fortunae objectutn, inutile putabat ipsi." CM i no — Tusc: Quaes : lib. 1., sec. 46. " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; (rpon Death's purple altar now, See, where the victor-victim bleeds : Your heads must come To the... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 Seiten
...down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked sithe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they...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... | |
| 1842 - 92 Seiten
...down, And in the dost be equal made With the poor crooked sithe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they...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... | |
| 1842 - 344 Seiten
...Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust 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... | |
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