 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1863 - 420 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1863 - 362 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1863 - 438 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1871 - 866 pagina’s
...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 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 :... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - 1968 - 254 pagina’s
...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 death. The Garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon Deaths purple Altar now, See where the Victor-victim bleeds,... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 pagina’s
...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 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.... | |
 | Dale B. J. Randall - 484 pagina’s
...: But their ftrong Nerves at laft muft yield , They tame but one another (till. The Garland withers on your brow , Then boaft no more your mighty Deeds Upon Death's Purple Altar now ; Sec, where the Victor Victim blecds. ll'D i.vcc. Early, or late, they bend to fate , While the pale... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 pagina’s
...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 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,... 
