 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 - Page 5371817Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Moore - 1880 - 642 pages
...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 - 900 pages
...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 - 544 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1881 - 744 pages
...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 - Promptbooks - 1881 - 120 pages
...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 - 632 pages
...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 - 682 pages
...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 - Elocution - 1884 - 510 pages
...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 - Questions and answers - 1886 - 300 pages
...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...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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