 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 Dramatic Works and Poems of James Shirley - Page 395by James Shirley - 1833 - 1 pagesFull view - About this book
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1842 - 542 pages
...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 garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...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 where they kill ;... | |
 | John Frederick Boyes - 1842 - 332 pages
...great, the base, the coward, and the brave. Granville'B Meditation on Death. Sceptre and crownMust tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Shirley's Contest луНЬ Ajax and Ulysses. There is also a capital passage in the third Eclogue of... | |
 | 1843 - 432 pages
...fate ; Death 1 1 ys his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre anil crown Mu- ! tumble down. And in the dusl be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with »words mav reap the field, Ami plant fresh biurels where ihey kill ; But their strong nerves at last... | |
 | 1844 - 380 pages
...substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy liands on kings: • Soegtre and crown Must tumble; down, And in the dust be equal...crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap tlie field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...substantial iluncs : There is no armor against fute ; Death lays his icy hands on kings , Sceptre und crown Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made...With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with su-ords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels и Iiere they kill ; Rut their strong nerves at... | |
 | Emma Robinson - Great Britain - 1844 - 346 pages
...his favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." " I would your grace had a better voice — you have a good will," said Wilmot, whose eyes were full... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...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. Borne men with swords may reap the field, And plant the laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...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 «paje. Some men with swords may reap the fitli, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...not substantial things . There is no armour against fate : Death lays her icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made 'With the poor, crooked scythe and spadc . Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their... | |
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