| Christian poets - 1851 - 470 стор.
...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, See where the victor-victim bleeds ! Your heads must come To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
| David Thomas - 684 стор.
...most obscure of the present generation will be dust. " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar,...— 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... | |
| Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1852 - 636 стор.
...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...victor victim bleeds. All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. BOTH WORLDS HAVE THEIR PROPER... | |
| Theodore Parker - 1852 - 464 стор.
...When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garlands wither on his brow : Then boast no more his mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now, See where...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 he could speak to us from... | |
| United States. 76th Cong., 3d sess., 1940, United States. Congress - 1941 - 174 стор.
...vale of misery, suffering, famine, pestilence, and 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 sweet, and blossom in their... | |
| David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 стор.
...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 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 - 316 стор.
...concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon death's purple altar...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... | |
| Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 стор.
...murmuring breath 15 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; 20 Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell... | |
| Mark Pryce - 2001 - 164 стор.
...fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. 114 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... | |
| Arapeta Awatere - 2003 - 548 стор.
...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 See where the victor-victim bleeds: Your head must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet... | |
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