 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1904 - 224 sider
...regularly sold the secrets of his defence to the Government. " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead- Sea fruits,... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1904 - 456 sider
...written in it these lines from one of Moore's own poems: — " Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason like a deadly blight Comes o'er the councils...the brave And blasts them in their hour of might." I need not pursue in any detail the course of the trials. I heard the prisoners sentenced to death... | |
 | 1904 - 746 sider
...brought disaster on both their parties in succession. " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...the brave And blasts them in their hour of might." 1 Practical Ethici, p. 67. From the creation of the world, truth and falsehood have been in continual... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1904 - 456 sider
...written in it those lines from one of Moore's own poems : " Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave Whoae treason like a deadly blight Comes o'er the councils...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might!" I need not pursue in any detail the course of the trials. I heard the prisoners sentenced to death... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1905 - 230 sider
...regularly sold the secrets of his defence to the Government. " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead-Sea fruits,... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1905 - 234 sider
...regularly sold the secrets of his defence to the Government. " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might 1 May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1906 - 548 sider
...silent grave. SIR WILLIAM JONES. .< A CURSE ON THE TRAITOR O FOR a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...cup for him Be drugg"d with treacheries to the brim, — With hops that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish while he sips, Like Dead Sea fruits, that... | |
 | Charles Frederic Aked - 1907 - 264 sider
...That which with the Pagan becomes a frantic invocation — Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might 1 — with its frightful prayer — And when from earth his spirit flies, Just Prophet, let the damned... | |
 | Augustine Langford - 1909 - 516 sider
...fireworshipper maddened by the treachery of a trusted comrade: ' Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...might! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treach'ries to the brim — With hopes, that but allure to fly; With joys, that vanish while he sips;... | |
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Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might... 
