 The glories of our blood 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.  The Eton Bureau - Էջ 2291842Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Edwin Eddison - 1854 - 358 էջ
...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 in the dust be equal... | |
 | William Cathrall - 1855 - 358 էջ
...monarchs was dealt out to him. His mortal career was ended, and he was "gathered to his fathers :" — " The glories of our blood and state are shadows, not...against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings." Henry was succeeded by Richard, his son, surnamed Coeur-deLion, whose reign continued for about ten... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 էջ
...said he ; " But 'twas a famous victory." SOUTHEY. THE VANITY OF GREATNESS. 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... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 էջ
...Thought is the eternity to come. 2. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. — James Shirley. B. 159-t ; d. 166(5. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against Fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings ! Sceptre, and Crown, must tumble down, And in... | |
 | 1856 - 598 էջ
...FRAOKR will find the beautiful wily from Shirley's Contention of Ajax and Ulysses, beginning — " The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things — reprinted in the third volume of Elite's Specimens of the Early English Poets. PH The striking... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 էջ
...all pomp and power in life: 41 Lines 13-18. 42 Lines 19-24. 43 Lines 37-42. 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: Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | Steven H. Gale - 1996 - 690 էջ
...and Ulysses in 1659, a masque that contains his best known poem, the dirge beginning with the lines "The glories of our blood and state / Are shadows, not substantial things." This elegaic poem was to keep his name alive in the anthologies. Although the theaters reopened in... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 էջ
...Rainbow' or by using a method which, as a class, you agree is the most helpful to you. Death the Leveller The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...Death lays his icy hand on kings; Sceptre and Crown 5 Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 էջ
...pseudopodium I wandered on my course. SHIRLEY lames 1596-1666 10739 The Contention ofAjax and Ulysses obertson 10740 The Contention ofAjaxand Ufysses Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in their... | |
 | Ewen Green - 1998 - 968 էջ
...who will blame him if he reflects that this is a very negligent and ill-equipped trustee, and that " The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things," when they are so cumbrously directed ? If, again, an appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy... | |
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