 | 1848 - 602 páginas
...There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked...or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their conquering breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then... | |
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 páginas
...There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." A few old encaustic tiles, brasses, and scattered bits of stained glass remaining in the windows, make... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 páginas
...There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked...or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murm'ring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast... | |
 | George J. Bryan - 1849 - 230 páginas
...poets, as applicable to the conflicts of the forum as of the field: " Soma men with swords may reap tho field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill, But...strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one a nether still. Early or late They meet their fate And must give up their murmuring breath, While they... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - 1849 - 260 páginas
...realms, while 789 were deposed by the grim monarch, before whom " Sceptre and crown must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." COMMON SURNAMES. and moral qualities are exceedingly numerous, only three — Browne, Mitchell, and... | |
 | 1879 - 674 páginas
...school or college version of Shirley's well-known stanza : — " Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Did Shirley borrow the idea from this couplet, or did both he and the writer of Carmina Provcrbialia... | |
 | 1879 - 566 páginas
...school or colleg; version of Shirley's well-known stanza : — " Sceptre and crown .Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Did Shirley borrow the idea from this couplet c did both he and the writer of Carmina Proverbial* derive... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 608 páginas
...shadows, not substantial things, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade His James II., which we noticed last year, is now succeeded by the Royal Family of France, when Louis... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 páginas
...no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings . Sceptre, and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked...murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to_death. The garlands wither on your brow — Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's... | |
 | 1851 - 608 páginas
...is no arinor against fate; Death lays his icy hands on Kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and epade. " Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their... | |
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THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against Fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 
