 | 1851 - Страниц: 608
...And must give up their murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to deatk The garlands witlter on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds;...bleeds. All heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the action» of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust" That grand old lyric to a great extent exemplifies... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - Страниц: 332
...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...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,... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1852 - Страниц: 636
...last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,...actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. BOTH WORLDS HAVE THEIR PROPER BUSINESS. Consider the great purposes of the present life can be answered... | |
 | David Thomas - Страниц: 684
...this globe, and the most illustrious and the most obscure of the present generation will be dust. " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more...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.... | |
 | United States. 76th Cong., 3d sess., 1940, United States. Congress - 1941 - Страниц: 174
...countless numbers of human beings, decreed by them to a vale of misery, suffering, famine, pestilence, and death. The garlands wither on your brow; Then boast...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... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - 1968 - Страниц: 254
...must yield, They tame but one another still; Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up the murmuring breath, When they pale captives creep to...your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon Deaths purple Altar now, See where the Victor-victim bleeds, Your heads must come, To the cold Tomb;... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - Страниц: 132
...must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate. And must give up the murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to...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... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - Страниц: 316
...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.46 The concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast...victor victim bleeds: All heads must come To the cold tomb.46 Similarly, a fine philosophical song, "My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is," which is believed to have... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1996 - Страниц: 220
...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... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - Страниц: 246
...but one another still: Early or late They stoop to Fate, And must give up their murmuring breath 15 When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands...deeds! Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds; 20 Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell... | |
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And in the dust be equal 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 at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop... 
