 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 ページ
...Death lays his icy hands 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 swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another... | |
 | 1851 - 558 ページ
...lays his icy hands on kings ; • Sceptre and crown Mast tumble down, 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 tame but one another... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 ページ
...Death lays his icy hands 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 swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield — They tame but one another... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1852 - 636 ページ
...Death lays his icy hands 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 swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 ページ
...Death lays his icy hand on Kings ! Sceptre, Crown, Must tumble down, 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 tame but one another... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 ページ
...Death lays his icy hand on Kings ! Sceptre, Crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooke'd 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 tame but one another... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 ページ
...Death lays his ky hands 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 swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1852 - 464 ページ
...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 swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong arms at last must yield, They tame but one another... | |
 | 1853 - 560 ページ
...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 swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill, But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Frederick Edward Gretton - 1853 - 152 ページ
...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 swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
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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. Some... 
