 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1815 - 470 pages
...sung to me. " The glories of our birth and state," &c. and therein also the fine lines, "Your heads must come To the cold tomb ! Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust."* ART. CLXIII. Pleasure's Vision; with Desert's Complaint : and a... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...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 dot. §110. Song. SMOLLITT. To fix her, 'twere a task as rain To count the April drops of rain, To... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1817 - 740 pages
...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...the just " Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust." Melvin died before him1, then George Herbert died without an enemy . I wish (if God shall be so pleased)... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...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 ! SHIltLEY. Turning away from this melancholy topic of mor- tality, I shall conclude my epistle with... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...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." Some verses from a little poem of the same writer entitled the Garden, seem also to deserve a place... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1817 - 494 pages
...more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now See where the victor victim bleeds; AH heads must come To the cold tomb: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the ilust. *30. 1431. — JOAN D'ARC BURNT. 9tetr0ttomtcal Occurrences In MAY 18ir. THE Sun enters Gemini... | |
 | 1828 - 454 pages
...mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds t All heads must coma To the cold tomb, Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. ,„ TO THK EDITOB. -_ Inv— If you think the following are sufficiently correct , the appearance... | |
 | 492 pages
...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. THE LARK. ' Tis the LARK, with upward wing, Soaring to the skies. Cheerfully his carol sings, Praises... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...108 Prince Leeboo. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade ; All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust. SHIRLEY. PRINCE LEEBOO. FROM the mighty Pacific, with soft-s well in gwaves, That a thousand bright... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...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. TO MRS. .— J, Bawdier, Jim. THINK not, because thy quiet day In silent goodness steals away ; Think... | |
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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: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their dust. 
