...And tedious life enjoy a life of glory. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST.— Shirley, THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; 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...

...contention »f Ajax and Ulysses:— " The glories of our earthly state Are shadows, not substantial tilings; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." H. JONATHAN KENTUCKY'S JOURNAL. NO. v. June 1.—AT last I have seen the humours of a levee, which...

...acknowledging this, that we feel the whole force of those noble lines : The glories of onr earthly state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand oo kings. Sceptre and crown Must tnmble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe...

...the ettablithment to visitors. «02 SACRED POETRY. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things, There is no armour against fate: Death lays his icy glands on kings. Sceptre and crown / Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor...

...Montgomery, on what authority I know not, has,'" our mortal state," which is certainly no improvement. Tbere is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must rumble down. And in the dust be equal made W Ith the poor crooked icy the and spade, •• Some men...

...triâtlit/unent to SACRED POETRY. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, uot substantial things, There is no armour against, fate : Death lays his icy Lands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made ЛУ ith the poor...

...kind of Dirge to the foregoing piece. It is said to have beea a favourite Song with K.. Charles II. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scepter and crown 5 Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor...

...suggest an awful impression of the fleeting character of all human greatness. " The jjlories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy bauds on King? : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made AVith the poor crooked...

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...truth of Shirley's noble lines, in the contention of Ajax and Ulysses: — " The glories of our earthly state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." ADDRESS TO THE ORANGE-TREE AT VERSAILLES, CALLED THE GREAT BOURBON, WHICH IS ABOVE • . FOUR HUNDRED...