| Isaac Nicholson Allen - 1843 - 504 pages
...unburied, to find at last such a lowly grave ! Well has our old poet said, " The glories of this mortal state Are shadows — not substantial things ; There...and crown must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Returning through the city, we met Sir R. Sale's brigade... | |
| Isaac Nicholson Allen - 1843 - 522 pages
...unburied, to find at last such a lowly grave ! Well has our old poet said, " The glories of this mortal state Are shadows — not substantial things ; There...hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown must tumble down, A nd in the dust be equal laid With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Returning through the city,... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...elevated, and the expression highly poetical. Profit's Final Conyaett. The glories of our birth and stat«, N -B s( F yu l R F0 YX q b u eijQ ]c 2 3> ieb͎f 4ja7...` x (3ɬ劸;" S+ _ b" < N b {Z t ~ } ! ڈ [ \ «paje. Some men with swords may reap the fitli, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their... | |
| 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... | |
| Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 pages
...substantial iluncs : There is no armor against fute ; Death lays his icy hands on kings , Sceptre und crown Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made...With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with su-ords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels и Iiere they kill ; Rut their strong nerves at... | |
| Emma Robinson - 1844 - 346 pages
...have been his favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." " I would your grace had a better voice — you have a good will," said Wilmot, whose eyes were full... | |
| William Goodman - 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
...recorded to have been kia favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and 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 AY'ith the poor... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pages
...shall my people be blest!" EOOERa. .V- : ../ O^S6 Deatlfa final <ffonqueat 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... | |
| William Johnson Fox - 1845 - 124 pages
...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. WHAT'S hallowed ground ? Has earth... | |
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