 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...  The songs of England and Scotland - Pàgina 74per England - 1835Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Martin Bulmer, Anthony M. Rees - 1996 - 332 pàgines
...and the castles of kings." And James Shirley (1596-1666) reminds us that: Death lays his icy hand on kings Sceptre and crown Must tumble down And in the...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. (Shirley 1646) This attitude is integral to Christian social teaching that dominated the evaluation... | |
 | Stephen Adams - 1997 - 260 pàgines
...this context yields unmistakable irony: There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down And in the...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Lines longer than the norm, like the alexandrine in the following example, generate a sense of stretch... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 pàgines
...substantial things; There is no armour against Fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings; Sceptre and Crown 5 Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: 10 But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - 2014 - 132 pàgines
...shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: s Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust...and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, 10 And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but... | |
 | Mark Pryce - 2001 - 164 pàgines
...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...stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. 114 Then boast no more your mighty deeds! Upon Death's purple... | |
 | Samuel Anthony Barnett - 2001 - 220 pàgines
...believed to have died. It struck more men than women, but made little distinction between classes. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. As a result, infected persons were deserted by neighbours, family members and physicians. Some doctors,... | |
 | Thomas St Nicholas - 2002 - 552 pàgines
...('The glories of our blood and state') includes the lines Death lays his icy hand on Kings, Scepter and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made, With the poor crooked sithe and spade. (The Poems of James Shirley, ed. Ray Livingstone Armstrong, New York, 1941, p. 54)... | |
 | Arapeta Awatere - 2003 - 548 pàgines
...The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where... | |
 | Geoffrey O'Brien, Billy Collins - 2007 - 778 pàgines
...against Fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust by equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade....or late, They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmurming breath, IN TIME When they, pale captives, creep to death. OF WAR \42i The garlands wither... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - 2005 - 272 pàgines
...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...Early or late They stoop to fate. And must give up the murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow; Then... | |
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