 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 էջ
...ELIZABETHAN AGE. 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 ; Bnt their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still: Early or late, They... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 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...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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 էջ
...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 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... | |
 | Frederick Edward Gretton - 1853 - 152 էջ
...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 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... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 էջ
...against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And iu the dust bo equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade....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... | |
 | 1854 - 456 էջ
...Shirley. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; 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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 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... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 290 էջ
...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 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... | |
 | 1761 - 170 էջ
...The lines quoted by our correspondent are from a poem by Shirley, entitled— DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must humble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1854 - 282 էջ
...men bleed, leave off to kill. THE CONTENTION OF AJAX AND ULYSSES. 1659. THE EQUALITY OF THE GRAVE.* THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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. Some men with... | |
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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. 
