 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 pàgines
...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 See where the victor victim bleeds... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pàgines
...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 See where the victor victim bleeds... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pàgines
...but one another still. Early or late, they stoop to fate, And must give up their conquering 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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pàgines
...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, See where the victor victim bleeds... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 pàgines
...but one another still. Early and 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, See where the victor-victim bleeds... | |
 | English poetry - 1858 - 396 pàgines
...at last must yield; They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, — And must give up their murmuring breath, 15 When they pale...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:... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pàgines
...tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breatl' 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.... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1860 - 578 pàgines
...They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmurimg breath 10 And must give up their murmuring brei 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... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 pàgines
...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 See where the victor victim bleeds :... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pàgines
...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, See where the victor- victim bleeds... | |
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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 to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,... 
