 | Justin McCarthy - 1900 - 416 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 Conies o'er the counsels of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might." Mononia,... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 sider
...soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die. The Fire- Wonhippen. Oh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason,...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,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1903 - 302 sider
...and ill, Like its own God's eternal will, Deep, constant, bright, unquenchable ! THE TRAITOR'S 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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 sider
...soft black eye, But when it came to know me well And love me, it was sure to die. The Firt-WorMpptnOh for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason, like...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ! /W Beholding heaven, and feeling hell. /WAs sunshine broken in the rill, Though turned astray, is... | |
 | 1904 - 746 sider
...treachery. But the colleague in whom they trusted brought disaster on both their parties in succession. " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...the brave And blasts them in their hour of might." 1 Practical Ethici, p. 67. From the creation of the world, truth and falsehood have been in continual... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1904 - 456 sider
...and obliging hand, I found that he had written in it these lines from one of Moore's own poems: — " Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave Whose treason...the brave And blasts them in their hour of might." I need not pursue in any detail the course of the trials. I heard the prisoners sentenced to death... | |
 | Justin McCarthy - 1904 - 456 sider
...written in it those lines from one of Moore's own poems : " Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave Whoae treason like a deadly blight Comes o'er the councils...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might!" I need not pursue in any detail the course of the trials. I heard the prisoners sentenced to death... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1905 - 234 sider
...prisoners during a long period of time, and regularly sold the secrets of his defence to the Government. " Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason,...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might 1 May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1906 - 548 sider
...to decline, And steal inglorious to the silent grave. SIR WILLIAM JONES. .< A CURSE ON THE TRAITOR O FOR a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like...Be drugg"d with treacheries to the brim, — With hops that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish while he sips, Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt... | |
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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! 
