 | David Thomas - 684 pages
...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." In sublime contrast with this condition of man, as a corporeal mortal, the text presents CHRISTIANITY.... | |
 | R. W. Vanderkiste - London (England) - 1852 - 380 pages
...vainly boast arms' mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now — See here the martial victim bleeds. All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions...of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." I cannot well prolong this narrative by detailing the gracious expressions the dying soldier uttered.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...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. 26. RELIGION OF REVOLUTIONARY MEN. — Original Adaptation from Lamartine. I KNOW — I sigh when I... | |
 | Universalism - 1852 - 572 pages
...and crown, Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. All heads must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions...of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." It is never too early to be convinced of 'this truth ; — the deductions of history, the teaching... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...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. ». RELIGION OF REVOLUTIONARY MEN. — Original Adaptation from Lamarline. I KNOW — I sigh when I... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...more your mighty 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 and blossom in the dust. Victorious men ofEarth. Victorious men of earth, no more Proclaim how wide your empires are; Though... | |
 | Numismatics - 1910 - 594 pages
...legend on the obverse is taken from James Shirley's The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses (1659) — " Your heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust." A specimen of the second variety, in the British Musenm Collection,... | |
 | David Rubadiri - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1989 - 132 pages
...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 sweet and blossom in their dust. James Shirley (England) Prayer to the moon Take my face and give me... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - History - 1996 - 220 pages
...by the light of this event, is brought out distinctly, like an invisible writing held to the fire. All heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. We have heard that the Boston lady who recently visited our hero in prison found him wearing still... | |
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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... 
