 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
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1842 - 542 pages
...itself in such euphonisms, as tcobber, tciddle 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... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...dealh happened Oct. 23, 1666, set. 72. It is said to have been a favourite song with King Charles II. 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 : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in... | |
 | James Heywood Markland - 1842 - 186 pages
...tasteless tablets of their late descendants'. What striking proofs do these instances afford, that The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. On the once splendid tombs of the Fitzalans at Arundel, of the Luttrells at Dunster, and countless... | |
 | Isaac Nicholson Allen - Afghan Wars - 1843 - 504 pages
...unburied, to find at last such a lowly grave ! Well has our old poet said, " The glories of this 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 laid With the poor crooked... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1844 - 400 pages
...kind of Dirge to the foregoing piece. It is said to have been a favourite song with K . Charles IL THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands ou kings : Scepter and crown ' And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...And where I have fought shall my people be blest!" EOOERa. .V- : ../ O^S6 Deatlfa final <ffonqueat HE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...things . There is no armour against fate : Death lays her icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made 'With the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...elevated, and the expression highly poetical. Profit's Final Conyaett. The glories of our birth and stat«, 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... | |
 | 1876 - 818 pages
...manifest to all men that it is of God. January 8th, 1876. CPT THE GRAVES OF KINGS, POETS, AND OTHERS. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings j Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and... | |
 | Anne Marsh- Caldwell - 1845 - 666 pages
...prejudices and inclination of others! His wife's estate ! — Of course, that must go. CHAPTER in. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his iey hand on Kings. Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made, With the poor... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Hymns, English - 1845 - 124 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... | |
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