 | 1860 - 304 էջ
...things ; ' O r 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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at length must yield ; They tame but one another still: Early or late They... | |
 | Jacob Cats, Robert Farlie - 1860 - 270 էջ
...to live ; Unquench'd our Spirit, by our body's death, Rises refresh'd to breathe with purer breath. THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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. — SHIRLEY.... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 էջ
...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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late They stoop... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 354 էջ
...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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still. Early or late, They... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1861 - 280 էջ
...bleed, leave off to kill. THE CONTENTION OF AJAX AND ULYSSES. 1659. THE EQUALITY OF THE GRAVE.* rpHE glories of our blood and state -*- Are shadows, not...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. Some men with... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 էջ
...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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 էջ
...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 field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at length must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They... | |
 | D. H. Rawlinson - 1968 - 254 էջ
...use the art, 1 5 Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart. THE GLORIES OF OUR BLOOD AND STATE The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not...armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on Kings, Scepter and Crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made, With the poor crooked sithe and... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 էջ
...eternally, And death shall be no more. Death, thou shalt die. John Donne (England) Death the leveller The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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. Some men with... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 էջ
...16-19) ELP; NOEC; NOIV; OxBoLi; PoRA JAMES SHIRLEY (1596-1666) The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses 1 ing With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different...(1. 10-20) 61 "Please your honors," said he, "I'm Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. (1. 1—8)... | |
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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. 
