...BC) TRANSLATED BY WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES The glories of our blood and state The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There...Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust by equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And...

...hard-working, labouring quickness] fleeting spirit 70 Death the Leveller JAMES SHIRLEY The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There...Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant...

...histories and tragedies, and on into the moral certainties of i/th-century poetry: The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things. There...Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made, With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Shortly before James Shirley wrote that, death...

...game begins: The glories of our blood 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 the earth be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 4 The author, at age two, with his mother,...