 | 1876 - 818 sidor
...shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings j Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...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,... | |
 | 1744 - 596 sidor
...shadows, ndt substantial things ; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand oil kmgs ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon denth's purple altur... | |
 | 1846 - 604 sidor
...side hy side consume." " The glories of our hirlh and state Are shadows, not suhstantial things. There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumhle down, And in the dust he equal made With lhe poor crooked scythe and spade." But if a man die,... | |
 | 1851 - 316 sidor
...DEATH. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial thing« : There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre...scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the ñeld, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Bnt their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame... | |
 | 1847 - 556 sidor
...palace of the great, The cabin of the poor." Mr. Howell has compared Shirley's quaint verse, — " Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown...And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scithe and spade." " In they go, Beggar and banker, porter, gentleman, The cinder-wench and white-handed... | |
 | Jean Froissart, Enguerrand de Monstrelet - 1847 - 454 sidor
...their slaves : — The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; 6 There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads mast come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the... | |
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 sidor
...bitter moral : — " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand...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... | |
 | 1848 - 570 sidor
...Shirley, alluding to the inevitable process of death and time, exclaimed — Sceptre and crown shall tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. But lo, the madness of a few weeks hath done the work of centuries, and throneless kings and powerless... | |
 | Mark Antony Lower - 1849 - 260 sidor
...place. Of Kings, 883 arrived in these realms, while 789 were deposed by the grim monarch, before whom " Sceptre and crown must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." COMMON SURNAMES. and moral qualities are exceedingly numerous, only three — Browne, Mitchell, and... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 608 sidor
...decadence. His motto might be — " The glories of our life and state Are shadows, not substantial things, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown...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... | |
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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. 
