 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1844 - 400 pages
...foregoing piece. It ia said to have been a favourite song with K. Charles II. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his vj-j "tevxia «v kings : Scepter ani CTO-WTX « Must turnXAe iovsa. And in the dust be equal made With... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...have fought shall my people be blest!" EOGEHS. j < Dcatlj'a final (Conquest. HE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate: Death lays her icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the... | |
 | Anne Marsh- Caldwell - 1845 - 666 pages
...inclination of others! His wife's estate!—Of course, that must go. CHAPTER III. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...equal made, With the poor crooked scythe and spade. SHIRLEY. IT was perfectly true—Mr. Entwistlc was dead; and he had left his affairs in the most horrible... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Hymns, English - 1845 - 124 pages
...shall sleep the hallowed sleep,— Sleep that is o'erwatched 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. WHAT'S hallowed ground ? Has earth... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 1 THE glories of our blood and state 5 Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; 3 But their strong... | |
 | 1846 - 604 pages
...Precedency's a jest; vassal and lord Grossly familiar, side by side consume." " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. There...armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. • sdl no t " Under ground Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With... | |
 | Francis Paul Palmer - 1846 - 170 pages
...to be selected from the startling representation. Thus saith Shirley — " The glories of our birth and state " Are shadows, not substantial things; " There is no armour against Fate, " Death lays her icy hands on kings; " Sceptre and crown " Must tumble down, " And in the dust be equal made, "... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...state, Are shadows, not substantial thing« ; There is no armour 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... | |
 | William Goodman - Great Britain - 1847 - 376 pages
...outlived the restoration, and died 1666. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. " The glories of our birth and state, Afe 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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...of morning dew Away Ne'er to be found again. -Ibid. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate : Death lavs his icy hands on king's; It 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. 
