 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...  Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson - Página 617por Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 772 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 páginas
...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...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,... | |
 | 1851 - 496 páginas
...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...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,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1852 - 636 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | R. W. Vanderkiste - 1852 - 380 páginas
...is no discharge in the war of death : — " Some men with swords may reap the field, Plant crimson laurels where they kill, But their strong nerves at...murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garlands wither on the brow, Nor vainly boast arms' mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now... | |
 | 1852 - 626 páginas
...scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; Bat their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame...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... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1852 - 464 páginas
...men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong arms at last must yield, They tame but one another still....breath, 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 páginas
...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...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 ! —... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 páginas
...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...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 ! —... | |
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