 | William Carleton - 1839
...beauty. They 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... | |
 | Jewel - 1839
...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. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. " No writing lifts exalted man so high, As sacred and soul-moving... | |
 | 1839
...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 juet Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." Some verses from a little poem of the samo writer entitled... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...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 - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840
...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 Are sweet, and blossom in the dust. WILLIAM STRODE. 1600-1644. MUSIC. WHEN whispering strains do softly... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841
...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. Co a Bfpartrtr Cfn'ttr. J. AITKEN. Thou art not in yon lovely star, The brightest of the sky, Whose... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 585
...more your mighty deeds ; (rpon 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." SHIRLEY — Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. OX THE OLYMPIC GAMES.... | |
 | 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ! 4 All 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. 48 O C- M. WATT.. Man frail... | |
 | 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds ! 4 All 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... | |
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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... 
