 The glories of our birth 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  Comicorum graecorum fragmenta - Seite 1521840 - 275 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Parsons Lunt - 1848 - 60 Seiten
...following order : I. VOLUNTARY ON THE ORGAN. II. HYMN, J. SHIRLEY, altered. [From Christian Psalter. 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... | |
 | Octavius Winslow - 1848 - 143 Seiten
...ever ! Death triumphs over every thing but this —this it cannot conquer. " The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death l;i\s his icy hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With... | |
 | Octavius Winslow - 1848 - 143 Seiten
...state Are shadows, not substantial tilings ; 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 scythe and spade. " Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849
...Are shadows, not substantial thing« ; There is no armour against fat« : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The glories of our birth and state, „э-- Some... | |
 | A. S. Thelwall - 1850 - 192 Seiten
...myself—myself and all, I give; To Thee I die, to Thee I only live. DEATH CONQUERS ALL. JAMES SHIRLEY. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...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... | |
 | 1850
...state An shadows, not substantial thing« : There is uo armour against fate : Death lay« his icy hands on kings— Sceptre and crown Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." An eloquent enunciation of the fact that death... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1850
...first consort of James V. of Scotland, affords a touching exemplification of the oft-repeated fact— " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things." The Scotch, in their passionate regrets for the untimely loss of their midsummer Queen of forty days,... | |
 | 1850
...Both one and two in our identity. You might not call it song ; DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. — Shirley. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor, crooked scythe and spade. Sceptre... | |
 | 1851
...care not if It be as short as yours. JAMES SHIRLEY. BOKN, 1594; DIED, 1666. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not...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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 312 Seiten
...Nothing can make her. The devil take her! DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. JAMES SniBLBr, born 1594, died 1668. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...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... | |
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