This crown, this sceptre are King Richard's right: Bear thou them, Richmond, thou art his true knight.

His throne's the war-ship's lofty deck, His sceptre is the mast; His kingdom is the rolling wave, His servant is the blast.

His rule was founded on the fear of punishment, and the sceptre which he wielded was a small black note-book, in which he entered the names of all offenders with an accompanying "Hundred lines, Brown!" or "Write the lesson out after school, Smith."

His sceptre was the bow of Ulysses, not to be bent by a weaker hand.

I sit on the throne judging right; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of My kingdom.

Ye perceive that the goddess sits on a throne whose ornaments are all taken from the earth; a sheaf of wheat tops the canopy; rich ears of generous grain are her jewels, and her sceptre is the sickle.

The sceptre is a simple reed, The crown will make thy temples bleed, And in thy hour of greatest need, Abashed thy subjects stand! Belshazzar.