 | Electronic journals - 1879 - 674 pages
...school or college version of Shirley's well-known stanza : — " Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Did Shirley borrow the idea from this couplet, or did both he and the writer of Carmina Provcrbialia... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 608 pages
...shadows, not substantial things, 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 His James II., which we noticed last year, is now succeeded by the Royal Family of France, when Louis... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1879 - 566 pages
...school or colleg; version of Shirley's well-known stanza : — " Sceptre and crown .Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Did Shirley borrow the idea from this couplet c did both he and the writer of Carmina Proverbial* derive... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...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...murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to_death. The garlands wither on your brow — Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's... | |
 | 1851 - 362 pages
...egainst fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings: Scepter and crown Must tumhle down, And in tno dust he equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade....men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurols where they kill , 10 THE RISING IN THE NORTH. But their strong nerves at last must yield ;... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...is no arinor 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 epade. " Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...There is no armor against Fate ; Death lays his icy hand on Kings ! Sceptre, Crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked...or late, They stoop to Fate, And must give up their conquering breath, When they, pale captives, creep to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ! —... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...There is no armor against Fate ; Death lays his icy hand on Kings ! Sceptre, Crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooke'd...or late, They stoop to Fate, And must give up their conquering breath, When they, pale captives, creep to Death. The garlands wither on your brow ! —... | |
 | R. W. Vanderkiste - London (England) - 1852 - 380 pages
...is no discharge in the war of death : — " Some men with swords may reap the field, Plant crimson laurels where they kill, But their strong nerves at...captives, creep to death. " The garlands wither on the brow, Nor vainly boast arms' mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now — See here the martial... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Sermons, American - 1852 - 464 pages
...There is no armor 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...plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong arms at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must... | |
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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. 
