 | Familiar quotations - 1883
...with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die. The FireO for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! Ibid. Beholding heaven, and feeling hell. Ibid. As sunshine, broken in the rill, Though turned astray,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 761 sider
...discontented ruffians, And desperate libertines who brawl in taverns. 5339 Byron : Mar. Faliero. Act iv. Sc. 1 Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And bfests them in their hour of might — ! 5340 Moore : Lalla Rookh. Fire- Worshippers TREES — see... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch - 1884 - 504 sider
...— I would they were, that I might die at once. — " Riehanl III," SHAKESPEARE. IMPASSIONED FORCE. "Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...their hour of might! May life's unblessed cup for him lie drugged with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish... | |
 | Nathan David Thompson - 1886 - 19 sider
...in pow'r or splendor less, In freedom equal. THE EOYAL GALLERY. A CURSE ON THE TRAITOR. FOB a tonale to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight,...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... | |
 | 1888
...outrage and insult upon insult were heaped upon the Federal Government, and not a blow struck in return. Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might. The politicians were tinkering, and trying to patch up the old Ship of State with compromises, while... | |
 | Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - 1888
...outrage and insult upon insult were heaped upon the Federal Government, and not a blow struck in return. Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might. The politicians were tinkering, and trying to patch up the old Ship of State with compromises, while... | |
 | Frank Triplett - 1888 - 742 sider
...actors in that horrible butchery, we involuntarily exclaim : "Oh, for a tongue to curse the knave Where treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils...And blasts them in their hour of might: May life's unhallowed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim ; With hopes that but allure to fly,... | |
 | James Renwick Wilson Sloane - 1888 - 438 sider
...have raised this cry of Constitution merely as a covering wherewithal to disguise their treason. " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, To blast them in the hour of might ! " I freely admit that there are unfortunate concessions to slavery... | |
 | 1889
...succession. No wonder that her great minstrel should have cried out in the agony of his patriotic soul — " Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason,...deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave." It is gratifying to know that most of these traitors have reaped the disgrace so well deserved, but... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 557 sider
...down On thy stars below in Frederick town. — John Green U af Whittitr. 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... | |
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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! 
