 | Eliza Robbins - 1842 - 352 Seiten
...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 :...And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked sithe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ;... | |
 | 1842 - 542 Seiten
...itself in such euphonisms, as tcobber, tciddle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. 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... | |
 | R. M. Evans - 1842 - 264 Seiten
...Kings and conquerors are but mortal, like their subjects or their slaves : — The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no 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... | |
 | 1842 - 344 Seiten
...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 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... | |
 | John Frederick Boyes - 1842 - 332 Seiten
...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.... | |
 | Isaac Nicholson Allen - 1843 - 504 Seiten
...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 is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid With the poor crooked... | |
 | William Goodman - 1844 - 378 Seiten
...I. ; he outlived the restoration, and died 1666. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. " The glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant the laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tume but one another... | |
 | Emma Robinson - 1844 - 1016 Seiten
...recorded to have been kia favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made AY'ith the poor crooked scythe and spade." " I would your grace had a better voice — you have a good... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 Seiten
...substantial iluncs : There is no armor against fute ; Death lays his icy hands on kings , Sceptre und crown Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made...With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with su-ords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels и Iiere they kill ; Rut their strong nerves at... | |
 | Emma Robinson - 1844 - 346 Seiten
...have been his favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." " I would your grace had a better voice — you have a good will," said Wilmot, whose eyes were full... | |
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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. 
