 | William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 pages
...shall sleep the hallowed sleep,— Sleep that is o'envatched by heaven. LXIX. The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is...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... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And,...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong... | |
 | Anna Eliza Bray - 1841 - 996 pages
...our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial thing« : There is no armour against fate ; Death lavs his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid, With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1842 - 92 pages
...29th " of October, 1666." This tragical occurrence happened in his 71st year. 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 dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | 1842 - 244 pages
...Kings and conquerors are but mortal, like their subjects or thenslaves :— The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There...armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1843 - 720 pages
...elevated, and the expression highly poetical. Death't Final Ст\гриЯ>. The glories of our birth ac hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...humanity. The following fine moral stanzas are said to have been a favourite song of Charles II.: — " 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 Goodman - Great Britain - 1844 - 378 pages
...I.; he outlived the restoration, and 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... | |
 | Emma Robinson - 1844 - 1016 pages
...are recorded to have been "i* fovourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Uly "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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...are elevated, and the expression highly poetical. Dtath't Final Coaquett. 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... | |
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(a) 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. 
