 Success had made him more than king ; Defeat made him the vilest thing, In name, contempt or hate can bring : So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character. Speak ill who will of him ; he died In all disgrace ; say of the dead His heart was...  Songs of the Sierras and Sunlands - Stran 62avtor: Joaquin Miller - 1892 - 309 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Cincinnatus Hiner Miller - 1871 - 370 strani
...had made him more than king, Defeat made him the vilest thing In name, contempt or hate can bring ; So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red ; Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied ; I only say that he to me, Whatever... | |
 | 1871 - 850 strani
...had made him more than king, Defeat made him the vilest thing In name, contempt or hate can bring ; So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red ; Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undented ; I only say that he to me, Whatever... | |
 | Joaquin Miller - 1871 - 330 strani
...had made him more than king, Defeat made him the vilest thing In name, contempt or hate can bring ; So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red ; Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied ; I only say that he to me, Whatever... | |
 | Joaquin Miller - 1871 - 220 strani
...had made him more than king ; Defeat made him the vilest thing In name, contempt or hate can bring : So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red — Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied. 1 only say that he to me, Whatever... | |
 | 1871 - 868 strani
...made him more than king, Defeat made him the vilest thing In name, contempt or hate can bring ; iv> much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red ; Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied ; I only say that he to me, Whatever... | |
 | American poems, William Michael Rossetti - 1873 - 556 strani
...had made him more than king ; Defeat made him the vilest thing, In name, contempt or hate can bring : So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red — Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied. I only say that he to me, Whatever... | |
 | Joaquin Miller, Juanita Joaquina Miller - 1873 - 328 strani
...had made him more than king ; Defeat made him the vilest thing In name, contempt or hate can bring : So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red — Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied. I only say that he to me, * Whatever... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 strani
...than king; Defeat made him the vilest thing In name, contempt or hate can bring: So much the loaded dice of war Do make or mar of character. Speak ill...say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red, — Say this much, and be satisfied. I lay this crude wreath on his dust, Inwove with sad, sweet... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 strani
...king ; I Defeat made him the vilest thing j In name, contempt or hate can bring : So much the loaded dice of war Do make or mar of character. Speak ill...say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red,— Say this much, and be satisfied. I lay this crude wreath on his dust, Inwove with sad, sweet... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 strani
...had made him more than king ; Defeat made him the vilest thing, In name, contempt or hate can bring : So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character....say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red — Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied. I only say that he to me, Whatever... | |
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