 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
 | 1842 - Počet stránok 344
...developes itself in such euphemisms as icobber, widdle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things, There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | 1842 - Počet stránok 542
...itself in such euphonisms, as tcobber, tciddle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things, There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | R. M. Evans - 1842 - Počet stránok 264
...sixteen months old. Kings and conquerors are but mortal, like their subjects or their slaves : — The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the... | |
 | 1842 - Počet stránok 92
...ordinary readers of poetry, Shirley is best known. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our blood and state Are 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 dost be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | John Frederick Boyes - 1842 - Počet stránok 332
...great, the base, the coward, and the brave. Granville's Meditation on Death. Sceptre and crownMust tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Shirley's Contest with Ajax and Ulysses. There is also a capital passage in the third Eclogue of Chatterton.... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - Počet stránok 352
...happened Oct. 23, 1666, set. 72. It is said to have been a favourite song with King Charles II. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in... | |
 | Isaac Nicholson Allen - 1843 - Počet stránok 504
...unburied, to find at last such a lowly grave ! Well has our old poet said, " The glories of this mortal state Are shadows — not substantial things ; There...and crown must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Returning through the city, we met Sir R. Sale's brigade... | |
 | Isaac Nicholson Allen - 1843 - Počet stránok 522
...unburied, to find at last such a lowly grave ! Well has our old poet said, " The glories of this mortal state Are shadows — not substantial things ; There...hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown must tumble down, A nd in the dust be equal laid With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Returning through the city,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Počet stránok 692
...elevated, and the expression highly poetical. Profit's Final Conyaett. The glories of our birth and stat«, N -B s( F yu l R F0 YX q b u eijQ ]c 2 3> ieb͎f 4ja7...` x (3ɬ劸;" S+ _ b" < N b {Z t ~ } ! ڈ [ \ «paje. Some men with swords may reap the fitli, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their... | |
 | Emma Robinson - 1844 - Počet stránok 1016
...stanzas, which are recorded to have been kia favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...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 AY'ith the poor... | |
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