 | Thomas Moore - Irish poetry - 1817 - 374 pages
...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,...hour of might! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg' d with treacheries to the brim, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead-Sea fruits,... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - American literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...slave, VVhose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er tin- councils of the brave, And blasts thejn in their hour of might ! May Life's unblessed cup for him Be drujrg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to 8y, With j jys, that vanish... | |
 | 1820 - 298 pages
...in the most heartfelt accordance of feeling with the poet in his exclamation of the following Hues* Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason...the councils of the brave, • . And blasts them in the hour of might : May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, With... | |
 | Mathew Carey - Ireland - 1823 - 534 pages
...favour of human liberty or human happiness. " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like я deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them jn their hour of might ! May life's unblessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim ;... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 326 pages
...behind on glory's bed, He Hv'd, and, in the face of morn, Taugh'd them and Faith and Heaven to scorn ! Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason...councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of night ! May life's unhlessed cup for him Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim,— With hopes, that... | |
 | Francis S. Higginson - Northern Ireland in literature - 1825 - 586 pages
...have continued to preserve throughout this undertaking a perfect uniformity of design. CHAPTER XX. " O for a tongue to curse the slave "Whose treason, like...the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might !" MOORE. ON the morning succeeding the day on which the royalists were repulsed, although no reinforcements... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1825 - 620 pages
...grounds which command the town of Newbridge, as the clock of the Market-house chimed four. CHAPTER VIII. Oh ! for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Conies o'er the counsels of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of night. IHoorf. NEWBRIDGE is... | |
 | English essays - 1826 - 696 pages
...body of their eldest son was brought into the houte.— The Oriental Herald. THE BETRAYAL OF IPSARA. " Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason...councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of night." MOORE. "Ipsariots, Ipsariots, another day is done, And where's me savage Moslem's boast, that... | |
 | Catholics - 1825 - 362 pages
...from Moore arc animated, and perhaps many will consider them not inapplicable here : — • Oh ! foi a tongue to curse the slave, Whose, treason, like a deadly blight. Comes o'er the ctnincils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might ' May life's anblcssed cup for him 15c... | |
 | Stephen T. Mitchell - Virginia - 1827 - 246 pages
...to that given by an ungrateful country. And may such ever be the traitor's doom ; may there ever be "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 ! May life's unblessed cup, for him Be... | |
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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! 
