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 ! May life's unblessed cup, for him, Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim— With hopes, that but... The Gentleman's Magazine - Strona 5371817Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Thomas Moore - 1880 - Liczba stron: 642
...of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might I May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes that...fly, With joys that vanish while he sips, Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips ! * His country's curse, his children's... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1881 - Liczba stron: 900
...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 ! May...to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead-Sea fruits, that tempt tho eye,3 But turn to ashes on the lips ! 1 A kind of trumpet : — it... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1881 - Liczba stron: 544
...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 ! May...that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while ho sips, Like Dead-Sea fruits, that tempt the eye. But turn to ashes on the lips ! His country's curse,... | |
| Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - Liczba stron: 744
...deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might; ! Mav life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries...to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead-Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips ! His country's curse, his children's... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1881 - Liczba stron: 120
...the dome, And hollow peals of laughter came. Resounding through the. gloom." HENRY KIRKE WHITE. • ' With hopes that but allure to fly. With joys that vanish while he sips, Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye. But turn to ashes on the lips."— MOORE. , •' ' ' for all things... | |
| Edwin John Brett - Liczba stron: 632
...BITTER CURSE. When be is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die ? HOOD'S BALLADS. With hopes that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish while she sips ; Like Dead Sea fruits that tempt the eye, Hut turn to ashes on the lips.— JIGOKE. WE fear... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1882 - Liczba stron: 682
...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 ! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugged with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes that but allure to fly, With j oys that vanish... | |
| James Edward Murdoch - 1884 - Liczba stron: 510
...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! 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... | |
| Albert Plympton Southwick - 1886 - Liczba stron: 300
...thousand. 186.— What was the Dead Sea fruit? Tom Moore (1779-1852), in The Fire- Worshippers, sings: " With hopes that but allure to fly, With joys that vanish while he sips, Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, Eut turn to ashes on the lips." The historian Josephus and other writers... | |
| 1886 - Liczba stron: 552
...FOB a tonale 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! 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... | |
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