 | 1852 - 572 pagine
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. All heads must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust."... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pagine
...Death'i Final Conçue*. The glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands...And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their .«trong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still ; Early or late, They stoop to... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pagine
...our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things ; 458 POETS OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Bnt their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still: Early or late, They... | |
 | 1853 - 888 pagine
...etate 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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Ц О sang in the sixteenth century a member of a "worshipful family" of the chivalrous name of Shirley,... | |
 | 1853 - 800 pagine
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. ***** All heads must come To the cold tomb. Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in... | |
 | Emma Robinson - 1853 - 536 pagine
...Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands...kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in tlie dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade/1 " I would your grace Lad a better... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pagine
...hollow. THE CONQUEROR. THE glories of our birth 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 iu the dust bo equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the... | |
 | 1853 - 446 pagine
...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 erooked scythe and spade." Sussex in the reigns of the Tudors and the Stuarts, and whose substantial... | |
 | Rose-Bud - 1853 - 282 pagine
...queen Victoria enjoy her royal home; and at last, when " Sceptre and crown shall tumble down, And all in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade," may she receive a kingdom that shall not pass away, and wear a crown that shall never fade. JHC THE... | |
 | John William Clayton - 1854 - 134 pagine
...of the silent tomb. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hands...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. SHIRLEY. THE ruined city of El Kab was our next stoppage, near which are some curious grottos, containing... | |
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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. 
