 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...they kill ;3 But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still.4 Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring...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,5 and blossom in... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 440 pages
...they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They turne but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring...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... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...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 denth's purple altur now See where the victor-victim bleeds 1 All heads must come To the cold tomb... | |
 | Fredericus Theodorus Visser - English language - 2002 - 688 pages
...Thursday next be married to this county. | CIÓ35 James Shirley, A Dirge (from Ajax& Ulyss.) 13, Early or late They stoop to fate And must give up their murmuring breath. | 1697 Dryden, Virg. Georg. IV, 372, Crowds of dead, that never must return To their lov'd Hives. |... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - Literary Criticism - 1968 - 254 pages
...must yield, They tame but one another still; Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up the murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to...your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon Deaths purple Altar now, See where the Victor-victim bleeds, Your heads must come, To the cold Tomb;... | |
 | David Rubadiri - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1989 - 132 pages
...must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate. And must give up the murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to...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 and blossom in their... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - Art - 1990 - 316 pages
...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.46 The concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast...deeds; Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb.46 Similarly, a fine philosophical song,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. (1. 1—8) 2 make Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year,...a month, a week, a natural day. That Faustus may (1. 14 — 16) 3 Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in their dust. (1. 23—24) ACP;... | |
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Some men with swords may 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,... 
