 | Morning call - 1850 - 608 pages
...— " The glories of our life and state Are shadows, not substantial things, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down And...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
...i? early as 1588, would look like a school or colleg; version of Shirley's well-known stanza : — " Sceptre and crown .Must tumble down, And in the dust...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... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...CONQUEST. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadow», not substantial things; Títere is no arinor against fate; Death lays his icy hands on Kings :...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... | |
 | 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 ;... | |
 | 1851 - 558 pages
...DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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 ; • Sceptre and crown Mast tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with... | |
 | English essays - 1851 - 752 pages
...sing to King Charles : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on Kings. Lely should have painted Nelly in her mourning ; but the delicate hand which drew with so much grace... | |
 | 1852 - 626 pages
...DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of oar birth and date Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hands...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; Bat their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Sermons, American - 1852 - 464 pages
...State Are shadows, not substantial things. There is no armor against fate : Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...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... | |
 | Country life - 1852 - 618 pages
...lost to us forever! " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hands...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." ЛУНЬ Mr. DOWNING my personal intercourse had not been frequent, but always pleasant. I have partaken... | |
 | Country life - 1852 - 608 pages
...The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour againit fate ; Death lays his Icy hands on Kings; Sceptre...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." With Mr. DOWNING my personal intercourse had not been frequent, but always pleasant. I have partaken... | |
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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. 
