 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
 | 1848 - 602 ページ
...not 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...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... | |
 | Octavius Winslow - 1848 - 170 ページ
...substantial tilings ; 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... | |
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 ページ
...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 few old encaustic tiles, brasses, and scattered bits of stained glass remaining in the windows, make... | |
 | 1848 - 570 ページ
...Shirley, alluding to the inevitable process of death and time, exclaimed — Sceptre and crown shall tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. But lo, the madness of a few weeks hath done the work of centuries, and throneless kings and powerless... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 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...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... | |
 | Kurt Spang - 1987 - 278 ページ
...Mastai, bevi un bicchier. James Shirley, The Levelling Dust 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. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Die Söhne Haruns Seit ich Bagdads Thron bestiegen, bin von Feinden ich umgeben.... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 ページ
...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: Scepter and...dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.46 The concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow,... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 ページ
...not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre -moving spheres of heaven. That time may cease and midnight never come! Fair Nature's eye, rise, (1. 1—8) 2 They stoop to fate. And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,... | |
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