 | 1839 - 526 sider
...could withhold his assent to those strong lines of Moore : " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whoso treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...for him, Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim." VOL. iv. 44 Thus perished a noble youth as ever resigned life for liberty, with the solitary regret... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1839 - 458 sider
...behind on glory's bed, He lived, 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, like a deadly blight, Gomes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! May Life's unblessed... | |
 | William Johnstoun N. Neale - 1839 - 940 sider
...testimony. CHAPTER XXVI. O ! for a thousand tongues to curse the slave, Whose deadly blight Conies o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might. Lalla Rookh. A DEAD and ominous pause followed the delivery of this terrible evidence, and the effect... | |
 | Celia Levetus, Marion Moss - 1840 - 966 sider
...generosity of disposition that rendered the Asmoneans so illustrious, true, and invincible. CHAPTER II. Oh! for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might! MOORE. TIME glided on: summer had given place to autumn, and winter had already shown signs of his... | |
 | William Johnson Neale - 1840 - 458 sider
...already borne too fatal testimony. CHAPTER XLI. O! for a thousand tongues to curie the slave, Whose deadly blight Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might. Lalla Rookb. A DEAD and ominous pause followed the delivery of this terrible evidence, and the effect... | |
 | 1840 - 610 sider
...shone in mockery nigh, Are fading off, untouched, untasted, Like the once glorious hopes he blasted /" Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, The same writer, in his well known song of the " Araby's Daughter," has an image, the very child of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 498 sider
...were the Messenians treated ? 22. Did they submit to the yoke ? SECTION III. Second Messenian War. Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason...o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in the hour of might. MOORE. 2. Derje, *. a small town in Messenia. 4. Hardihood, *. daring courage. i.... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 sider
...VICTORY FROM HIS COUNTRY. 0 for a tongue lo curse the slave Whose treason, like the deadly blight (1), Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them...hour of might ! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drtiffg'd (2) with treacheries to the brim ; With hopes that but allure to fly, AVith joys that vanish... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1841 - 366 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, like a deadly blight, May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1842 - 468 sider
...behind on glory's bed, He liv'd, and, in the face of morn, Laugh'd them and Faith and Heaven to scorn.. Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them...! 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! 
