 | Thomas Miller - 1852 - 316 páginas
...amongst them James Shirley, the dramatist, and author of that beautiful poem commencing with — • " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows — not substantial things ; There is no armour against fete — Death lays his icy hand on, kings." In Thames-street, we have... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 páginas
...durch Tiefe der Gedanken und begeisteite Darstellung Bedeutendere unter ihnen. 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 ky hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down,... | |
 | 1852 - 608 páginas
...suddenly cut off, and his agreeable intercourse, and valuable teachings, are lost to us forever! " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour againit fate ; Death lays his Icy hands on Kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 páginas
...or eighteen seconds before each explosion, proves that the ground beneath is hollow. THE CONQUEROR. 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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 páginas
...animal !) Sated with thy summer feast, Thou retirest to endless rest. SHIRLEY. gwtjf's fmal Conquest. 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... | |
 | 1853 - 446 páginas
...Hector of Stockport, in Cheshire. Warrington : Printed by William Eyres, M.DCC.LXXXII. 2 vols. 4to. " 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,... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - 1853 - 674 páginas
...God ! For Jesus won the world through shame, And beckons thee his road. PASSAGE OF TIME. 753. LM 1 THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. 2 Princes and magistrates must... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 páginas
...fatal to me Than Cleopatra's asps warm in my bosom, And as much boast their killing. DEATH'S 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... | |
 | Emma Robinson - 1853 - 536 páginas
...fine stanzas, which are recorded to have been his 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 páginas
...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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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 scythe and spade. 
