 | Grace Townsend - 1891 - 556 sider
...down On thy stars below in Frederick town. —John Green leaf Whittier. A Curse on the Traitor. OFOR a tongue to curse the slave. Whose treason, like a...hour of might! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim— With hopes that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish while... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1158 sider
...soft black eye, But when it name to know me well And love me, it was sure to die. The Fire-WonMpptrs. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason,...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! Beholding heaven, and feeling hell. As sunshine broken in the rill, Though turned astray, is sunshine... | |
 | Julia Thomas, Annie Gregory Thomas - 1892 - 254 sider
...foes? Thou wear a lion's hide ! doff it, for shame, And hang a calf's skin on those recreant limbs ! 4. Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason,...hour of might ! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1895 - 800 sider
...on glory's bed, 444 445 He lived, and in the face of morn Laught them and Faith and Heaven to scorn. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason like...councils of the brave And blasts them in their hour of May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries tothe brim, — With hopes that but allure... | |
 | 1895 - 715 sider
...discontented ruffians, And desperate libertines who brawl in taverns. Byron, Dage of Venice, VI. 1. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in tlieir hour of might ! Thos. Ifourt. His country's curse, his children's shame, Outcast of virtue,... | |
 | 1896 - 1178 sider
...pang which seizes The trusting bosom, when betray'd. »'. MOORE — Lalla Rookh. The Fire Worshippers. rounds by whicli we may ascend. k. LONGFELLOW —...growth that is not towards God Is growing to decay. ! j. MOORE— Lalla Rookh. The Fire- Worshippers. He [Cesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 633 sider
...that ray, And think thee safe, though far away, Than have tbee near me, and in danger 1 A CURSE. On, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like...the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hoar ol might I May lif?s unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the bria,With hopes,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897
...watch that ray, And think thee safe, though far away, Than have thee near me, and in danger ! A CURSE. OH, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...hour of might ! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Minnie K. Davis - 1899 - 743 sider
...POEMS OP PASSION AND ACTION. 267 THE TRAITOR. (From "LallaKookh.") ®H for a tongue to curse the Blave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might 1 May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim, With hopes, that but allure... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1901 - 383 sider
...he might do his hireling office, and betray them to the enemies of the cause. The lines began,— " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason like a withering blight Comes o'er the counsels of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might." Mononia,... | |
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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! 
