 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 sweet, and blossom in their dust.  Echoes of Harper's Ferry ... - Page 438edited by - 1860 - 513 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1836 - 108 pages
...SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE: AND SOLD BY L. AND G. SEELEY, FLEET STREET, LONDON. MDCCCXXXVI. ' All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom from the dust.' SHIRLEY, 16fiO. ' — — — My soul inspired with holy flame,... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...more your mighty deeds t Upon Death's purple altar DOW 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. If it be really true that this king admired these sentiments, he is entitled to the praise of having... | |
 | 1837 - 574 pages
...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. With this I tread the luscious grape, and drink the blood-red wine;... | |
 | mme. Brendlah - 1838 - 260 pages
...relatives in prison. He pressed her hand, and thus began. CHAPTER XV. THE HOWARD OF HOLLAND. All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. — SHIRLEY. " OUR mother's uncle was the Howard of Holland. All his delight was in administering to... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 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. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. " No writing lifts exalted man so high, As sacred and soul-moving... | |
 | William Carleton - Irish fiction - 1839 - 228 pages
...now sleep in the same grave — for as the old poet well sings^— *•.*•• . ••. " All heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." Never was the exquisite beauty of the closing thought, in these fine moral lines of Shirley, more touchingly... | |
 | Scotland - 1839 - 894 pages
...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." Some verses from a little poem of. the same writer entitled the Garden, seem also to deserve a place... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...more your mighty deeds t Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds: All heads ing flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren brea.it, The labouring clouds do often rest ; If it be really true that this king admired these sentiments, he is entitled to the praise of having... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - Great Britain - 1840 - 370 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. SHIRLEY. ON a sweet August evening the streets were fast growing thin, as the many-tongued and busy... | |
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1840 - 1020 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. SHIRLEY. ON a sweet August evening the streets were fast growing thin, as the many-tongued and busy... | |
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