 | 1804 - 452 Seiten
...MULTUM IN PABVO; OR, SOME USEFUL SAYINGS METRIFIED: AND COLLECTED IN 168f. Vivit postfunera virtus. 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... | |
 | Poetry - 1806 - 192 Seiten
...to-whoo ; — a merry note ! While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. S1IAKSPEARE. THE VANITY OF GREATNESS. 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... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 Seiten
...ground7. Well sings the moral bard8 in pensive strain, The many drawbacks on the brightest reign ; " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things, There is no armour against fate;" Misfortune reaches e'en the best of KINGS; 6 Decus et tutamen. VIRG.... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 Seiten
...onto you, at last, she flies, And in your fragrant bosom dies ! Vol. ISHIRLEY. DEATH's FINAL CONQUEST. 'T'HE 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... | |
 | John Gamble - 1813 - 422 Seiten
...evil, how gladly would he have torn from the book of the leaf on which the name of king was written : The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no arrhonr against fafe ; "*i Death lays his icy hands Oh kings : Sceptre and crown Must... | |
 | 1819 - 394 Seiten
...winds ! storms, rend the air ! My bark, thus man'd, shall gain the shore. SONG X. BY JAMES SHIRLEY.* 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... | |
 | Richard Clark - 1814 - 530 Seiten
...breast, Her voice sweet echo rings, and nature lulls to rest. 319 GLEE for Four Voices. J. BATTISHILL. THE glories of our birth and state, Are shadows not substantial things ; There is no armour against our fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scepter and crown Must... | |
 | 1828 - 454 Seiten
...with overcharge of love must break ; Great Juno will not let poor Echo speak. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays bis icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble... | |
 | John Watkins - 1819 - 670 Seiten
...of the last stage of all earthly grandeur, when, in the language of the poet, it will be found that The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. There is no armour 'gainst our fete : Death lays his icy hand on Kings. Sceptres and crowns must tumble... | |
 | 1820 - 190 Seiten
...; — a merry note ! While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. SHAKSPEARB. • THE VANITY OF GREATNESS. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things j There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings i Sceptre and crown, Must tumble... | |
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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 in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 
