 | John Bartlett, Nathan Haskell Dole - 1914 - 1514 sider
...its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die. The Fire- Wars Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Conies o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! Beholding heaven, and feeling hell.... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - 1923 - 630 sider
...anxiously requesting you to quote them (say at the urgent request of a friend) — they are as follows : "Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o 'er the councils of the brave To blast them in their hopes of might. His country's curse, his... | |
 | Joseph Ignatius Constantine Clarke - 1925 - 450 sider
...betrayal and downfall of the Guebres, lay the shadow. I learned by heart the biting passage beginning: "Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason like a deadly blight Comes o'er the counsels of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might." But most the "Dark Rosaleen"... | |
 | 1909 - 672 sider
...believe no man ever rewarded the traitor any greater decree than Tont Moore when he penned this poem: 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. May life's unblessed... | |
 | W[illiam] D[ouglas]. Cox - 1897 - 212 sider
...! My kingdom for a horse !" f Shakxpere. ) " Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness !" (Cowpcr.) " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight. Comes o'er the councils of the brave, To blast them in the hour of might !" APOSTEOPHE,— VISION.... | |
 | 1903 - 986 sider
...the dental code of ethics the dental code of honor? Do not these words of the poet ring in your ears? "Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like a deadly blight Comes o'er the councils of the brave." One man advertised that he was a graduate of University, pronouncing... | |
 | 1839 - 546 sider
...some remote clime, and in some peculiar relation. The following lines of Moore are in point : — " 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! His country's curse,... | |
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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... 
