this scythe that mows down kings Exempts no meaner mortal things.
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The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
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Revelation 14:15:
Then another angel came out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him who was sitting on the cloud, 'Take your sickle and reap, because the time to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe.'
(NIV)
And another angel came out of the temple sanctuary, calling with a mighty voice to Him Who was sitting upon the cloud, Put in Your scythe and reap, for the hour has arrived to gather the harvest, for the earth's crop is fully ripened. [Joel 3:13.](AMP)
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
(KJV)
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Old Day the gardener seemed Death himself, or Time, scythe in hand by the sundial and freshly-dug grave in my book of parables.
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I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.
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DROP THE SCYTHE, AND TURN AROUND SLOWLY.
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The scythe that advances forever and never needs whetting.
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