 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pàgines
...Mr. Gi fibril and the Rev. Alexander Dyee. SHIRLEY. DEATH'S FtNAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his iey hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pàgines
...Wagttaffe" It is affirmed of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...Death lays his icy hand« on kings : Sceptre and crown Mibt tumble1 down, And in the dust he equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with... | |
 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - 1838 - 338 pàgines
...hour wasted, which is given to the Children's Theatres of Paris. 261 XVII. THE TOMBS AT ST. DENIS. ' Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.' SHIKLET. A LEAGUE'S walk from the Barriere, between two rows of trees, brought me within sight of the... | |
 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - 1838 - 706 pàgines
...hour wasted, which is given to the Children's Theatres of Paris. 261 XVII. THE TOMBS AT ST. DEMS. ' Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made f With Uii. poor crooked scythe and spade.' SHIW.ET. A LEAGUE'S walk from the Barriere, between two... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pàgines
...fTagstaffe." It is affirmed of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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... | |
 | 1839 - 894 pàgines
...the art, Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart." KEOM THE "CONTENTION OF AJAX AND ULYSSES." " The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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... | |
 | Isabella Steward - 1840 - 938 pàgines
...state Are shadows, not substantial thinug ; 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 scvthe and spade. '' BEFORE we had half way traversed the outer chamber the sound of advancing footsteps... | |
 | 1840 - 298 pàgines
...stiff the hand, and 'Still the tongue, &c. Shirleius: The glories of our birth and state | are shadoms, not substantial things; | there is no armour against...| Death lays his icy hand on kings; | sceptre and cromn | must tumble down, | and in the dust be laid | with the poor crooked scythe and spade. History... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 pàgines
...sleep the hallowed sleep, — Sleep that is o'erwatched by heaven. LXIX. The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. LXX. WHAT 's hallowed ground ? Has... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pàgines
...the more common of their kind — nothing in respect to this world : — * The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things: There is no armour against fate ; Dreth lays his icy band on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid,... | |
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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. 
