| Henry William Herbert - 1854 - 454 Seiten
...the Victor of Agincourt, had departed, and even in departing had discovered that "There is no armor against fate; Death lays his icy hands on kings ;...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." The Earl of Bedford, the wise regent, had succeeded to the sway of England, and so much of France as... | |
| Edwin Eddison - 1854 - 358 Seiten
...Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour against fate : Deal- li lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Intimately connected with Birkland and its former sports, and perhaps more interesting from the fact... | |
| Kurt Spang - 1987 - 278 Seiten
...epodi Cittadino Mastai, bevi un bicchier. James Shirley, The Levelling Dust Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And...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.... | |
| R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 Seiten
...19-24. 43 Lines 37-42. 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 crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand IONS (1. 1—8) 2 They stoop to fate. And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,... | |
| Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 Seiten
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. — James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a preeminent position . The... | |
| Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 Seiten
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. —James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a pre-eminent position. The... | |
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