 | William Johnson Fox - Hymns, English - 1845 - 124 pages
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. WHAT'S hallowed ground ? Has earth... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...POETS, AND OTHERS. " The glories of our birth and state Are 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 be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...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... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1851 - 316 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial thing« : There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...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 pages
...The cabin of the poor." Mr. Howell has compared Shirley's quaint verse, — " Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, 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... | |
 | John Noake - Church buildings - 1848 - 396 pages
...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...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... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 570 pages
...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 - Names, Personal - 1849 - 260 pages
...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... | |
 | Christian union - 1849 - 780 pages
...their perishing glories : — The glories of this earthly state Are shadows, not substantial things ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, Prostrate before the scythe of fate. This was a picture of earthly kingdoms. Now, let them contrast... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - Congregational churches - 1849 - 558 pages
...of earthly Honors. i THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. a Princes and magistrates must fall, And in the dust be equal made, The high and mighty with the small,... | |
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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. 
