 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 pages
...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... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1825 - 372 pages
...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...hand on kings:— Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." ADDRESS TO THE ORANGE-TREE AT... | |
 | Horace Smith - 1825 - 374 pages
...contention of Ajax and Ulysse s : " The glories of our earthly state Are shadows, not substantial things j There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy...on kings: — Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." ADDRESS TO THE ORANGE-TREE AT... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 pages
...of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 902 pages
...of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of onr 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...of Charles II. that he wu mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blond 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... | |
 | William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin - 1826 - 906 pages
...expand, thy branches play, And bloom forever in the immortal lay. FROM PERCY'S DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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 : Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in... | |
 | 1826 - 404 pages
...branches play, And bloom forever in the immortal lay. FROM PERCY'S KFI.KTUES. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. TUT. glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in... | |
 | 1827 - 616 pages
...the extreme verge of mortality; were all conveyed to the tomb within little more than two years. Tlic glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. There is no armour 'gainst our fate, Death lays his icy li^ud on kings ; Sceptres and crowns must tumble d And in the... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
