 | Charles Frederic Aked - 1907 - 264 sider
...unnamed writer of the letter to the Hebrews. That which with the Pagan becomes a frantic invocation — Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...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
...ends. "Well may we exclaim with the fireworshipper maddened by the treachery of a trusted comrade: ' Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason,...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;... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1911 - 784 sider
...discontented ruffians, And desperate libertines who brawl in taverns. 5339 Byron: Mar. Falicra. Aet iv. Sc. 1 Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might — ! 5340 Moore : Lalla Rookh. Fire-Worshippers TREES — see Garden, Oak. Trees can smile in light... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - 1906 - 590 sider
...cause of organized labor cannot live, find tongue to curse the slave — Whose treason (to freedom) like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might. THE JAPANESE ADMIRAL TOGO, at the conclusion of the memorable Russo-Japanese war issued an address... | |
 | 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 country's... | |
 | 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" of James... | |
 | 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,...hour of might. May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brm — With hopes that but allure to fly. With joys that vanish while... | |
 | 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,...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might! His country's curse, his children's shame, Outcast of honour, peace, and fame, May he at last, with... | |
 | 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,...deadly blight Comes o'er the councils of the brave." One man advertised that he was a graduate of University, pronouncing an encomium on the college. The... | |
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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! 
