 | 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... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 608 pages
...decadence. His motto might be — " The glories of our life and state Are shadows, not substantial things, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown...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
...state Are shadow», not substantial things; Títere is no arinor against fate; Death lays his icy hands on Kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...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 ;... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Sermons, American - 1852 - 464 pages
...groans. "The glories of our birth and State Are shadows, not substantial things. There is no armor against fate : Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre...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... | |
 | 1852 - 626 pages
...date Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...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... | |
 | Universalism - 1852 - 572 pages
...452 453 " The glories of our birth and state. Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings ;...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. All heads must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."... | |
 | Country life - 1852 - 618 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hands on Kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...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
...state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour againit fate ; Death lays his Icy hands on Kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...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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Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 
