 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,...  English Poetry and Poets - Seite 131von Sarah Warner Brooks - 1890 - 506 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 Seiten
...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,...on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds t Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1839 - 320 Seiten
...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...up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, stoop to death. SHIRLEY. To set a lawe and kepe it nouht, Ther is no comoun profit souht; But above... | |
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1839 - 946 Seiten
...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...up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, stoop to death. SHIRLEY. To set a lawe and kepe it nouht, Ther is no comoun profit souht ; But above... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1839 - 494 Seiten
...scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; 10 Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, 1 5 When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your... | |
 | English poetry - 1839 - 374 Seiten
...and spade. 10 70 But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame hut one another still. Eorly or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring hreath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your hrow, Theu hoast 1i0 more... | |
 | 1840 - 372 Seiten
...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,...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 Are sweet,... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 Seiten
...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,...deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now, See, where the victor-victim bleeds. Your beads must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 Seiten
...vita, fortunae objectum, inutile putabat ipsi." CICERO — Tusc : Quaes : lib. 1., sec. 4C. •• The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...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 juit Smell sweet,... | |
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