 | 1828 - 454 pages
...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 down, And in the dust be equal made, With the... | |
 | 492 pages
...FAITH and meek OBEDIENCE blest. ORIGINAL.] R. H, M, DEATH'S FIHAI. 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... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...suggest an awful impression of the fleeting character of all human greatness. ' The glories of oar blood 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 down, And in the dust be equal made With the... | |
 | Children's poetry, English - 1820 - 190 pages
...• 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 down, 108 Prince Leeboo. And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 656 pages
...of Shirley's noble lines, in the contention of Ajax and Ulysses : — " The glories of our earthly state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." H. JONATHAN KENTUCKY'S JOURNAL. NO. v. June 1. — AT last I have seen the humours of a levee, which... | |
 | 1821 - 658 pages
...of Shirley's noble lines, in the contention of Ajax and Ulysses : — " The glories of our earthly state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." II. JONATHAN KENTUCKY'S JOURNAL. NO. v. June 1. — AT last I have seen the humours of a levee, which... | |
 | 1821 - 488 pages
...lines, in the contention of Ajax and Ulysses : — " The glories of our earthly state Arc shadows, n»t substantial things ; There is no armour against fate,...Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equid made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. "' T1IE UARF. A TALE. BY CT KORNEK.* E secretary... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...and for this transitory And tedious life enjoy a life of glory. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST.— Shirley, 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... | |
 | English literature - 1844 - 640 pages
...recorded to have been his favourites in the Contention of Ajaxand Ulysses. " 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... | |
 | 1822 - 690 pages
...contention »f Ajax and Ulysses:— " The glories of our earthly state Are shadows, not substantial tilings; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." H. JONATHAN KENTUCKY'S JOURNAL. NO. v. June 1.—AT last I have seen the humours of a levee, 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. 
