 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.  The Englishman's library [ed. by E. H. L.]. - Page 190by Englishman - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - 1838 - 706 pages
...hour wasted, which is given to the Children's Theatres of Paris. 261 XVII. THE TOMBS AT ST. DEMS. ' Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made f With Uii. poor crooked scythe and spade.' SHIW.ET. A LEAGUE'S walk from the Barriere, between two... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...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. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate . Death lays his icy hands on kings : d an agreeable confusion of notes, which formed the pleasantest s With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pages
...shadows, not substantial things : There is 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 scythe and spade. " Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh... | |
 | Isabella Steward - 1840 - 938 pages
...shadows, not substantial thinug ; There is 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 scvthe and spade. '' BEFORE we had half way traversed the outer chamber the sound... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 pages
...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. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 pages
...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 Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pages
...shadows, not substantial things: There is no armour against fate ; Dreth lays his icy band on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid, With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scoptre and crown Must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 pages
...shadows, not substantial things ; 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 sithe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels... | |
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