 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.  A Household Book of English Poetry - Էջ 511870 - 438 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 էջ
...it a yawning deathlike aspect, which seems to read a bitter moral : — " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...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." A few old... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 էջ
...substantial things ; There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They... | |
 | 1851 - 496 էջ
...substantial things ; There is 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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still : Early or late, They... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 էջ
...substantial things' There is 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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield — They tame but one another still. Early or late They... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 էջ
...substantial things : There is no armour agninst fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop... | |
 | 1851 - 558 էջ
...; 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...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 էջ
...substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his ky hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still. Early or late They... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1852 - 464 էջ
...substantial things. 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 field, 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... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 էջ
...substantial things ; 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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, — They tame but one another still. Early or late, They... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1852 - 636 էջ
...substantial things; There is 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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop... | |
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