 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
 | Christian union - 1849 - 780 pages
...their perishing glories : — The glories of this earthly state Are shadows, not substantial things ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, Prostrate before the scythe of fate. This was a picture of earthly kingdoms. Now, let them contrast... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1850 - 466 pages
...consort of James V. of Scotland, affords a touching exemplification of the oft-repeated fact — " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things." The Scotch, in their passionate regrets for the untimely loss of their midsummer Queen of forty days,... | |
 | 1851 - 558 pages
...Thus it appears very possible, that one or other of us may die this year. — Davies. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows,...lays his icy hands on kings ; • Sceptre and crown Mast tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1851 - 838 pages
...mind Shirley's noble song, which old Bowman used to sing to King Charles : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...against fate : Death lays his icy hands on Kings. Lely should have painted Nelly in her mourning ; but the delicate hand which drew with so much grace... | |
 | Periodicals - 1851 - 608 pages
...than the opening of this song, and its great beauty and strength is in its direct expressiveness : "The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things." The contrast, a power of great efficiency in »11 classes of poetry, and of great beauty •when well... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...manches durch Tiefe der Gedanken und begeisteite Darstellung Bedeutendere unter ihnen. Death's Final Conquest. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows,...things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his ky hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | Thomas Miller - East India House (London, England) - 1852 - 316 pages
...amongst them James Shirley, the dramatist, and author of that beautiful poem commencing with — • " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows —...not substantial things ; There is no armour against fete — Death lays his icy hand on, kings." In Thames-street, we have still a building bearing the... | |
 | Country life - 1852 - 608 pages
...suddenly cut off, and his agreeable intercourse, and valuable teachings, are lost to us forever! " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour againit fate ; Death lays his Icy hands on Kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the du,st... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Sermons, American - 1852 - 464 pages
...highest trust, and for whom the official Senate and the low-browed Church send out their hollow groans. "The glories of our birth and State Are shadows, not substantial things. There is no armor against fate : Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the... | |
 | Universalism - 1852 - 572 pages
...Desire shall cease and the pitcher be left broken by the shattered wheel of the fountain. 452 453 " The glories of our birth and state. Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down. And in... | |
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