 | William Stirling Maxwell - 1848 - 578 Seiten
...solemn salutary lesson, that Works of Bos it Madrid. CHAP. III.— REIGN OF Vurks at I '«J.CJ'iTmcycn " The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings."1 When called upon to paint the person of our blessed Lord, the gloomy genius of Bos... | |
 | John Noake - 1848 - 396 Seiten
...it a yawning deathlike aspect, which seems to read a bitter moral : — " 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 equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 Seiten
...thought« are elevated, and the expression highl poetical Death's Final Conquest. The glories of our birth p false, implacable in hate ; Resolv'd to ruin or...to rule the state : To compass this, the triple bon hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | 1851 - 838 Seiten
...Nelly must have 4 called to mind Shirley's noble song, which old Bowman used to sing to King Charles : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on Kings. Lely should have painted Nelly in her mourning ; but the delicate hand which drew with... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 Seiten
...devil take her! DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. JAMES SHIULEY, born 1504, died 1666. 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... | |
 | 1851 - 496 Seiten
...short as yours. JAMES SHIRLEY. BOKN, 1594; DIED, 1666. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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... | |
 | 1851 - 558 Seiten
...one or other of us may die this year. — Davies. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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 Mast tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | Christian poets - 1851 - 470 Seiten
...Jacob magnified? Our strength, ou Whom we have relied. " IT rs APPOINTED UNTO ALL MEN ONCE TO DIE." THE glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour agninst fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 492 Seiten
...splendid chambers, have two kings held their state, and here twice has the lesson been taught, that, " The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things." The Court routine of Windsor is now hallowed by duty. It is not for us to attempt to unveil the inner... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - 1852 - 250 Seiten
...Nelly must have called to mind Shirley's noble song, which old Bowman used to sing to King Charles : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays bin icy hands on Kings. Lely should have painted Nelly in her mourning ; but the delicate hand which... | |
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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. 
