 | R. M. Evans - Christian saints - 1842 - 264 pages
...shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. CHAPTER IX. DEATH OF KING CHARLES—WAR AGAINST THE DAUPHIN, OR CHARLES VII., CARRIED ON BY THE DUKE... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 344 pages
...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 the dust. Idem Latine Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium ; nee arcet Tyrannus ense tela... | |
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1842 - 542 pages
...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 the dust. Idem Latin? Redditum. Avita pompa, ut umbra, marcet, Fugaxve somnium ; nee arcet Tyrannus ense tela... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1842 - 92 pages
...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 dust. The second is in a somewhat lower strain, but is yet exceedingly... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...And plant the laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tume but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate,...of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." It is said to have been a favourite song with that profligate man, King Charles II. ; it is to be regretted,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1844 - 400 pages
...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,...of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. III. THE RISING IN THE NORTH. THB subject of this ballad is the great Northern Insurrection in the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...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,...actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the duct. SHIBLBT. I999 Sabbat!) WELCOME, thou peaceful dawn ! O'er field and wooded lawn The wonted sound... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more vour mighty d«*l- : where it should lie ; Yet could Upon ha Miffrctt Sad. Melancholy, hence, and get Some piece of earth to be thy seat, Here the air and... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...brow; Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor-victim bleeds; All heads must come To the cold tomb; Only...of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust." 1. What took place on this day m 1660 ? 2. What causes contributed to render the reign of Charles the... | |
 | Sir Robert Adair - Europe - 1844 - 564 pages
...midst of works such as these ! There is no blood upon them to be sure, but true glory writes on his tomb — \ " Only the actions of THE JUST Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." f The little that now remains to show the worth of this publication shall be done by the author himself.... | |
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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 : All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. 
