 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - 1838 - 706 Seiten
...hour wasted, which is given to the Children's Theatres of Paris. 261 XVII. THE TOMBS AT ST. DEMS. ' Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made f With Uii. poor crooked scythe and spade.' SHIW.ET. A LEAGUE'S walk from the Barriere, between two... | |
 | 1839 - 894 Seiten
...the art, Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart." KEOM THE "CONTENTION OF AJAX AND ULYSSES." " The glories of our blood 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 Seiten
...fTagstaffe." It is affirmed of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blood 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... | |
 | Isabella Steward - 1840 - 938 Seiten
...state Are shadows, not substantial thinug ; 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 scvthe and spade. '' BEFORE we had half way traversed the outer chamber the sound of advancing footsteps... | |
 | 1840 - 298 Seiten
...stiff the hand, and 'Still the tongue, &c. Shirleius: The glories of our birth and state | are shadoms, not substantial things; | there is no armour against...| Death lays his icy hand on kings; | sceptre and cromn | must tumble down, | and in the dust be laid | with the poor crooked scythe and spade. History... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1841 - 132 Seiten
...sleep the hallowed sleep, — Sleep that is o'erwatched by heaven. LXIX. The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. LXX. WHAT 's hallowed ground ? Has... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 Seiten
...the more common of their kind — nothing in respect to this world : — * The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things: There is no armour against fate ; Dreth lays his icy band on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid,... | |
 | 1842 - 542 Seiten
...dialect which developes itself in such euphonisms, as tcobber, tciddle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | 1842 - 344 Seiten
...of dialect which developes itself in such euphemisms as icobber, widdle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | 1842 - 92 Seiten
...characteristic songs, by which, among ordinary readers of poetry, Shirley is best known. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our blood 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 dost be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
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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. 
