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" 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 scythe and spade. "
The Travels of a Sugar Planter: Or, Six Months in Europe - Page 69
by Henry Watkins Allen - 1861 - 249 pages
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The book of English poetry, with critical and biogr. sketches of the poets

English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...live Divided, with but half a heart, Till we shall meet and never part. KINO. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things ; 458 POETS OF THE ELIZABETHAN AGE. There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings...
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Hymn Book for Christian Worship

1854 - 690 pages
...wake from death's dark night, To share the glory that succeeds. LM i).w>>. SHIRLEY. Man's Mortality. 1 THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. 2 Princes and magistrates must fall, And in the dust be equal made, The high and mighty...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

1854 - 576 pages
...fascinations. * *, DEATH'S FINAL CON-QUEST .— Jamet Shirlty. Rorn, ISM ; rfietf, UK THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...Fate ; Death lays his icy hand on Kings ! Sceptre, Crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crookeid scythe and spade. Some...
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History of Worksop; with ... sketches of Sherwood forest and the neighbourhood

Edwin Eddison - 1854 - 358 pages
...Clipstone Lodge, is * The fort alluded to is of modern date, having been built there by Earl Manvers. 188 " The glories of our birth and state • Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour against fate : Deal- li lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...
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A cyclopædia of sacred poetical quotations, ed. by H.G. Adams

Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...death, as each might judge us past it: For good men but see death, the others taste it. Ben Jonson. 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...
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History of Worksop: With Historical Descriptive and Discursive Sketches of ...

Edwin Eddison - 1854 - 362 pages
...Clipstone Lodge, is * The fort alluded to is of modern date, having been built there by Earl Manvers. 188 " 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...
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Letters from the Nile

John William Clayton - 1854 - 134 pages
...with echoing sound the strangely solemn peace. Death is here in spirit, watcher of the silent tomb. 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...
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Riddell's review and epitomist: a literary miscellany

1761 - 170 pages
...CONQUEST. 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 humble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

1854 - 456 pages
...seemed, without conceit, to be Botb one and two in our identity. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. — Shirley. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor, crooked scythe and...
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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes: For the Use of Christian Congregations

Henry Ward Beecher - 1855 - 518 pages
...word; liestore thy trust ; a glorious form Shall then arise to meet the Lord. WATTS. 1088. L M. 1. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...There is no armor against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings. 2. Princes and magistrates must fall, And in the dust be equal made; The high and mighty...
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