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. The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée - Strana 3021833Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1846 - Počet stránok 436
...seemed, without conceit, to be Both one and two in our identity. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. — Shirley. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings. THE WIDOW TO HER HOUR-GLASS. Sceptre and crown... | |
| 1744 - Počet stránok 596
...fellows. fioette Selections.. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, ndt substantial things ; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand oil kmgs ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
| 1847 - Počet stránok 556
...palace of the great, The cabin of the poor." Mr. Howell has compared Shirley's quaint verse, — " Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown...And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scithe and spade." " In they go, Beggar and banker, porter, gentleman, The cinder-wench and white-handed... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - Počet stránok 850
...summer's rain, Or as the pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again. -Ibid. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate t Death lavs his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal... | |
| William Goodman - 1847 - Počet stránok 376
...and died 1666. •' • . If! . • DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. " The glories of our birth and state, Aft shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings : . Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
| R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - Počet stránok 316
...out the futility of all pomp and power in life: 41 Lines 13-18. 42 Lines 19-24. 43 Lines 37-42. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...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... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - Počet stránok 1172
...OxBoLi; PoRA JAMES SHIRLEY (1596-1666) The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses 1 The glories of our blood ueaking In fifty different sharps and flats. (1. 10-20) 61 "Please your honors," said he, "I'm (1. 1—8) 2 They stoop to fate. And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,... | |
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