 | Thomas Percy - 1823 - 524 Seiten
...kind of Dirge to the foregoing piece. It is said to have beea a favourite Song with K.. Charles II. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scepter and crown 5 Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 Seiten
...suggest an awful impression of the fleeting character of all human greatness. " The jjlories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy bauds on King? : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made AVith the poor crooked... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1825 - 374 Seiten
...state Are shadows, not substantial things j There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings: — Sceptre and crown Must tumble down,...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." ADDRESS TO THE ORANGE-TREE AT VERSAILLES, CALLED THE GREAT BOURBON, WHICH IS ABOVE FOUR HUNDRED YEARS... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1825 - 372 Seiten
...truth of Shirley's noble lines, in the contention of Ajax and Ulysses: — " The glories of our earthly 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 Seiten
...of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blood ring the towne. This report did so terrifie, that...be stopp'd from (falling on some of I those nation тяу reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 Seiten
...expand, thy branches play, And bloom forever in the immortal lay. FROM PERCY'S DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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 : Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in... | |
 | 1826 - 404 Seiten
...branches play, And bloom forever in the immortal lay. FROM PERCY'S KFI.KTUES. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. TUT. glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in... | |
 | 1827 - 616 Seiten
...the extreme verge of mortality; were all conveyed to the tomb within little more than two years. Tlic glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. There is no armour 'gainst our fate, Death lays his icy li^ud on kings ; Sceptres and crowns must tumble d And in the... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 Seiten
...mortal man ? Thy entrance on eternity. DEATH A UNIVERSAL CONQUEROR. SHIRLEY. THE glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown DEATH. tome men with swords may reap the field, ind plant fresh laurels... | |
 | 1822 - 666 Seiten
...There is no armour against fate. Death lavs his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumbledown. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. SHIRLEY. Let us then cherish those feelings, that incline us to pity and forgive the frailties of others,... | |
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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. 
