 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...made With the poor crooked si the and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at...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... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame hut one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate,...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... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...But their strong nerves at last niastyieW, They tome but one another still 328 ORDER OF THE GARTER. Early or late They stoop to Fate, And must give up...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... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pages
...scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill { Bat their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame...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,... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...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... | |
 | Arminianism - 1839 - 1092 pages
...the poor crooked icy the and spade, •• Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...breath , When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garland* wither on your brow. Then boaxt no more your mighty deeds ; '-,-•' Death's purple... | |
 | Christianity - 1822 - 792 pages
...With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, • . And plant fresh laurels, where they kill : But their strong nerves...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... | |
 | 1822 - 796 pages
...field, And plant fresh laurels, where they kill : But their strong nerves ut last must yield: They tarae but one another still. Early or late They stoop to...breath, When they — pale captives — creep to death. The garlands wither on yonr brow; Then boast no more your mighty deeds: Upon death's purple altar uo\v... | |
 | William Hone - 1825 - 842 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And inus't give up their murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to Death. The garlands wither... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1826 - 892 pages
...made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves...murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boasl no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar... | |
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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 See where the victor-victim bleeds. Your heads must come To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell... 
