...mortal man ? Thy entrance on eternity. DEATH A UNIVERSAL CONQUEROR. SHIRLEY. THE glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown DEATH. tome men with swords may reap the field, ind plant fresh laurels where they kill ; . ir their...

...state Are shadows, not substantial things ; Here is no armour against fate . Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong...

...FINAL CONQUEST, in the hopes of a joyful resurrection, with joy and gladness : 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...

...There is no armour against fate. Death lavs his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumbledown. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. SHIRLEY. Let us then cherish those feelings, that incline us to pity and forgive the frailties of others,...

...and happy as in the most prosperous state of life ; for, in that fine strain set by Orlando Gibbons, The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. I am sufficiently blessed in my earthly condition, having a wife as dutiful as Kenna, and a place of...

...and happy as in the most prosperous state of life; for, in that fine strain set by Orlando Gibbons, The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. I am sufficiently blessed in my earthly condition, having a wife as dutiful as Kenna, and a place of...

...ON THE DEATH OF A KING. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things j There is no armour against fate — DEATH lays his icy hand on KINGS." SHIRLEY. WE have shown in the last chapter that "old Morley" died at the age of eighty-seven, in his...

...disown ; Yields to His pleasure, and forgets The choice was not his own. DEATH'S CONQUEST. [PEECY.] THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays bis icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the...

...warmest welcome at an inn. JAMES SHIRLEY. {From The Contention of Ajax and Ulyssti.] DEATH THE LEVELLER. 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...

...indeed, can never be too often quoted, or read with diminished admiration. rr DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. Tbo glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Hut their strong...