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. Examination Papers: Moderations - الصفحة 79بواسطة University of Oxford - 1879عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
| 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 586
...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... | |
| 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 586
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 222
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 996
...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,... | |
| 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
| 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 542
...itself in such euphonisms, as tcobber, tciddle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things, There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
| 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 244
...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...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 blossom in the... | |
| 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 92
...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 is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dost be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
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