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 | Thomas Moore - 1854 - 316 sider
...behind on glory's bed, He liv'd, and, in the face of morn, Laugh'd them and Faith and Heaven to scorn. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, —... | |
 | Philological Society (Great Britain) - 1869 - 500 sider
...of occasionally commencing what should be an "iambic" line with a trochee, as in "LallaRookh":— " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason like a deadly blight Comes o'er the counsels of the brave And whelms them in the hour of might!" Or in "Walter Scott : " Breathes there... | |
 | 1854 - 504 sider
...the ship, which was defeated of prevented, by the treachery of a Frenchman. " O for a curse to kill the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, To blast them in the hour of might." Barney was a prisoner at New York, for five months, after which... | |
 | James Grant - 1855 - 448 sider
...heard of the unfortunate king. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MILL ON THE BANNOCK. " Oh, for a tongne to curae the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might." ALL unaware that he was singled out and tracked, James rode from that lost battle-field... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 830 sider
...behind on glory's bed, He liv'd, and, in the face of morn, Laugh'd them and Faith and Heaven to scorn. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, —... | |
 | Anna Ella Carroll - 1856 - 408 sider
...MD, Cincinnati, Ohio, Treasurer. CHAPTEE XIX. .THE JESUITICAL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN NAVY. "Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...a deadly blight. Comes o'er the ' Councils of the brave,1 To blast them in their 'hour of might.' " HAS America indeed a paralysis of the heart ? Can... | |
 | Anna Ella Carroll - 1856 - 422 sider
...Cincinnati, Ohio, Treasurer. CHAPTER XIX. THE JESUITICAL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN NAVY. " Ob for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like...deadly blight, Comes o'er the ' Councils of the brave,' To blast them in tlwir ' hour of might.' " HAS America indeed a paralysis of the heart ? Can she no... | |
 | Anna Ella Carroll - 1856 - 442 sider
...Treasurer. CHAPTER XIX. THE JESUITICAL ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THE AMERICAN NAVY. " Oh for a tongue to cnree the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the ' Councils of the brave,' To blast them in their ' hour of might.' w HAS America indeed a paralysis of the heart ? Can she no... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1857 - 434 sider
...behind on glory's bed, He lived, and, in the face of morn, Laugh'd them, and Faith, and Heuv'n to scorn Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treach'ries to the brim, —... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 sider
...destroy'd Or cast as rubbish to the void When God hath made the pile complete. TENNYSON. A TRAITOR. O for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, With... | |
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