 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 ページ
...shadows, not substantial things; 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... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 334 ページ
...Death lays his icy hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble clown, 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 - 1858 - 566 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... | |
 | Paul Hamilton Payne - 1858 - 584 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 nt last must yield; They tame but one another... | |
 | English poetry - 1858 - 396 ページ
...Death lays his icy hands on kings: Scepter 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: 10 But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 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... | |
 | 1860 - 304 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 length must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 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... 
