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. Notes and Queries - Página 2341879Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 páginas
...shadows, not substantial things; There is no armor against Fate — Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, [kill; And plant fresh laurels where they But their strong... | |
| Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 528 páginas
...shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death luys his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. " Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1833 - 586 páginas
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong... | |
| 1833 - 388 páginas
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Hut their strong... | |
| Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 páginas
...things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings'; Scepter and crown Muat tumble down. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with sword may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves... | |
| James Shirley - 1833 - 534 páginas
...not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made fPtth the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men vciih swords may reap the field, , And plant fresh... | |
| Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 518 páginas
...not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; • Death hiys his icy hand1 on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. "Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong... | |
| England - 1835 - 794 páginas
...shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands pn kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. ! Some men with swords may reap the field And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong... | |
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