 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 men...  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Σελίδα 3011839Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Robert Folkestone Williams - 1847 - 284 σελίδες
...play-writers then went away, consoling of themselves with the hope it might be damned. CHAPTER XXXIV. Some men with swords may reap the field And plant...tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop o fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, stoop to death. SHIRLEY.... | |
 | 1851 - 316 σελίδες
...scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the ñeld, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Bnt their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame...still. Early or late They stoop to fate, And must gire up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captive*, creep to death. The garlands wither on your... | |
 | Octavius Winslow - 1848 - 170 σελίδες
...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,...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. " The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon Death's purple altar now... | |
 | 1848 - 602 σελίδες
...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,...or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their conquering breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 σελίδες
...: 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,...or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murm'ring breath, When they pale captives creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast... | |
 | George J. Bryan - 1849 - 230 σελίδες
...poets, as applicable to the conflicts of the forum as of the field: " Soma men with swords may reap tho field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill, But...strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one a nether still. Early or late They meet their fate And must give up their murmuring breath, While they... | |
 | 1851 - 558 σελίδες
...• 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,...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow ; Then boast no more your mighty deeds : Upon death's purple altar now... | |
 | 1851 - 496 σελίδες
...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,...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's purple altar, now,... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 σελίδες
...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,...breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds Upon death's purple altar now, See... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 σελίδες
.... 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,...murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to_death. The garlands wither on your brow — Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon death's... | |
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