 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.  Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy - 125 ページEnglish poetry 著 - 1880全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 ページ
...not 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 With the poor crooked sithe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ;... | |
 | John Frederick Boyes - 1842 - 332 ページ
...great, the base, the coward, and the brave. Granville's Meditation on Death. Sceptre and crownMust tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Shirley's Contest with Ajax and Ulysses. There is also a capital passage in the third Eclogue of Chatterton.... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 ページ
...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...scythe and spade. " Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 ページ
...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...crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant the laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 ページ
...substantial iluncs : There is no armor against fute ; Death lays his icy hands on kings , Sceptre und crown Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made...With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with su-ords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels и Iiere they kill ; Rut their strong nerves at... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1844 - 400 ページ
...things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands ou kings : Scepter and crown ' And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They... | |
 | Emma Robinson - 1844 - 346 ページ
...his favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." " I would your grace had a better voice — you have a good will," said Wilmot, whose eyes were full... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 ページ
...substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hand» on kings ; Sceptre meant more than could by both be «a; •!• Whence hadst thou thy intelligence — from «paje. Some men with swords may reap the fitli, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 ページ
...not substantial things . There is no armour against fate : Death lays her icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made 'With the poor, crooked scythe and spadc . Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their... | |
 | William Goodman - 1845 - 440 ページ
...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...crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant the laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They... | |
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