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. The Englishman's fire-side - Page 72Full view - About this book
| English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...last confess'd), The world had then a stranger been JAMES SHIRLEY. 1594-1666. 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... | |
| 1840 - 298 pages
...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 .fate, | Death lays his icy hand on kings; | sceptre and cromn | must tumble down, | and in the dust be laid | with the poor crooked... | |
| William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 pages
...sleep the hallowed sleep, — Sleep that is o'erwatched by heaven. LXIX. 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 Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
| Hymns, English - 1844 - 586 pages
...and dust ? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 479 L- MJ SHIRLJSY, altered 1 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. 2 Princes and magistrates must fall, And in... | |
| Hymns, English - 1841 - 586 pages
...dust ? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 378 479 *" M- J- SHIRLEY, altered. 1 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. 2 Princes and magistrates must fall, And in... | |
| Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...BIEOER, Holywell Street, Strand; & S. GILBERT, 26, Paternoster Row. [Price Twopence. 16 Cabinet. PEECr. 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 : Scoptre and crown Must tumble down, And, in... | |
| Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pages
...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,... | |
| Catholic literature - 1842 - 92 pages
...ordinary readers of poetry, Shirley is best known. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dost be equal made With the poor crooked sithe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field,... | |
| 1842 - 244 pages
...sixteen months old. Kings and conquerors are but mortal, like their subjects or their slaves : — The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and... | |
| English literature - 1842 - 344 pages
...developes itself in such euphemisms as icobber, widdle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. 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... | |
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