 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. Some...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry - Strana 30podľa Charles Mackay - 1896 - Počet stránok 633Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1863 - Počet stránok 438
...skill to break a heart. J. Shirley LXIX DEATH THE LEVELLER ' I "'HE glories of our blood and state J. Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | William Henry Dixon - 1863 - Počet stránok 714
...monarch would muse upon those startling thoughts which a later poet so beautifully moulded into verse. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...down. And in the dust be equal made With the poor humble scythe and spade." Was he ready for the change which even he was to expect ? He voluntarily... | |
 | John Timbs - 1863 - Počet stránok 280
...scythe occurs in Shirley's lines, written early in the seventeenth century : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Shakspeare prefers the scythe : Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth, And delves the parallels... | |
 | Half hours - 1863 - Počet stránok 408
...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...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurela where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - Počet stránok 210
...this dust falls to the urn, In that state which I came, return. HENRY VAUGHAN. DEATH'S CONQUEST. |HE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1864 - Počet stránok 136
...patience will succeed where force fails. Necessity is the mother of invention. XXIX. DEATH THE LEVELLER. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. All heads must come XXX. GREAT BRITAIN. Yet unless I greatly deceive myself, the general effect of... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1864 - Počet stránok 350
...CONQUEST. 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 :...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1864 - Počet stránok 340
...CONQUEST. 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 :...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Lewis Borrett White - 1864 - Počet stránok 232
...the poetical vigour of the first three, and are not worth printing here. THE VANITY OF VAIN GLORY. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...and crown must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords do reap the field, And plant fresh... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - Počet stránok 132
...be no more. Death, thou shalt die. John Donne (England) Death the leveller The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There...Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another... | |
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