 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. Some men...  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Página 3011839Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 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 - 596 páginas
...Sceptre 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,...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 540 páginas
...state Scepter 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,...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands neither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now,... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 534 páginas
...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 laurels...When they, pale captives, creep to death. • The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now,... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 540 páginas
...dust be equal made fFtth the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the fold, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar now,... | |
 | Frederick William N. Bayley - 1833 - 902 páginas
...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...But their strong nerves at last must yield : They tnmclnit one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their rnurm'ring breath... | |
 | 1833 - 388 páginas
...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 where they kill ; Hut their strong nerves at last muet yield ; They tame but one another still: Early or late They... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 518 páginas
...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,...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon dentil's purple altar now,... | |
 | 1835 - 378 páginas
...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...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. * Percy reads " birth." The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 páginas
...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...to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, Wheu they, pale captives, creep to death. * Percy reads " birth." The garlands wither on your brow,... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 páginas
...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...their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame hut one another still. Early or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath,... | |
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