 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 dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.  The Eton School Magazine - Страница 2271842Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | 1851 - 558 страници
...one or other of us may die this year. — Davies. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings ; • Sceptre and crown Mast tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 страници
...devil take her! DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. JAMES SHIULEY, born 1504, died 1666. THE glories of our birth 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 dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 страници
...Jacob magnified? Our strength, ou Whom we have relied. " IT rs APPOINTED UNTO ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE." THE glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour agninst fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 492 страници
...splendid chambers, have two kings held their state, and here twice has the lesson been taught, that, " The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things." The Court routine of Windsor is now hallowed by duty. It is not for us to attempt to unveil the inner... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1852 - 250 страници
...Nelly must have called to mind Shirley's noble song, which old Bowman used to sing to King Charles : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays bin icy hands on Kings. Lely should have painted Nelly in her mourning ; but the delicate hand which... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - 1852 - 636 страници
...one or other of us may die this year. — Davies. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our birth 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 dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | 1852 - 618 страници
...his agreeable intercourse, and valuable teachings, are lost to us forever! " The glories of our birth 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 dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 страници
...begeisteite Darstellung Bedeutendere unter ihnen. Death's Final Conquest. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his ky hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 страници
...fascinations. THE STANDARD SPEAKER. 25. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. — James Shirley. Born, 15M ; died, 1666. THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against Fate; Death lays his icy hand on Kings ! Sceptre, Crown, Must tumble down, And in the... | |
 | 1852 - 626 страници
...other of us may die this year.—Dories. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of oar birth and date 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 dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
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