 | James Shirley - 1833 - 540 pages
...lite temple. Cal. 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 : Scepter and crown Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and... | |
 | James Shirley - 1833 - 534 pages
...not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made fPtth the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men vciih swords may reap the field, , And plant fresh... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 414 pages
...earthly grandeur : — " 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." What, then, is the inference ? — That happiness does not exist ; or, as Ovid says, — . " Dicique... | |
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...Shirleji " The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things', There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble dawn," and in applying this, we may be assured, in ^ words of the same noble dirge, that " Only the... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...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 crooked seythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...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 crooked seythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...these beautiful stanzas, 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 Mibt tumble1 down, And in the dust he equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with... | |
 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - Europe - 1838 - 338 pages
...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 - Europe - 1838 - 706 pages
...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... | |
 | Isabella Steward - 1840 - 938 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
