Sixty-Five Sonnets With Prefatory Remarks on the Accordance of the Sonnet with the Powers of the English Language: Also, A Few Miscellaneous Poems [by Thomas Doubleday] |
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[The bloody wreath that warriors wear] |
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[The bloody wreath that warriors wear]
“Qualem si cuncti vellent decurrere vitam,
“Et pressi multo membra jacere mero;
“Non ferrum crudele, neque esset bellica navis.”
“Et pressi multo membra jacere mero;
“Non ferrum crudele, neque esset bellica navis.”
The bloody wreath that warriors wear
To us shall no ambition bring,
But scented nard shall gloss our hair,
And roses round our temples cling;
To us shall no ambition bring,
But scented nard shall gloss our hair,
And roses round our temples cling;
The ringing goblet's call shall more
Inspire us than the trumpet's sound;
And for discolour'd fields of gore
This juice shall flow our table round;
Inspire us than the trumpet's sound;
And for discolour'd fields of gore
This juice shall flow our table round;
Our flutes shall speak but airs divine
That breathe of love; and, better far
Than heroes, we'll devote to wine
The pomp so misbestow'd on war.
That breathe of love; and, better far
Than heroes, we'll devote to wine
The pomp so misbestow'd on war.
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