 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pagine
...your mighty 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 and blossom in their dust I" I could not help quoting these lines from one of the noblest elegies... | |
 | 1841 - 598 pagine
...boast no more your mighty deeds : - death's purple altar now ee where the victor victim bleeds ! -ll heads must come to the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Preserve in death a rich perfume, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. 480 C- M- WATTS. Man frail and... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 pagine
...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 juit Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust." SBIRLET. — Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. ON THE OLYMPIC... | |
 | R. M. Evans - 1842 - 264 pagine
...shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. CHAPTER IX. DEATH OF KING CHARLES—WAR AGAINST THE DAUPHIN, OR CHARLES VII., CARRIED ON BY THE DUKE... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pagine
...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, and blossom, in the dust. THE GENIUS OF DEATH. What is death ? 'Tis to be free f No more to love, or hope, or fear ; To join... | |
 | 1842 - 344 pagine
...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 and blossom in the dust. Idem Latine Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium ; nee arcet Tyrannus ense tela... | |
 | 1842 - 542 pagine
...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 and blossom in the dust. Idem Latin? Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium ; nee arcet Tyrannus ense tela... | |
 | 1842 - 92 pagine
...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, and blossom in their dust. The second is in a somewhat lower strain, but is yet exceedingly... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pagine
...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 and blossom in the dust." 1. What took place on this day m 1660 ? 2. What causes contributed to render the reign of Charles the... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 pagine
...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 and blossom in the dust." It is said to have been a favourite song with that profligate man, King Charles II. ; it is to be regretted,... | |
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They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their 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... 
