 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.  Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs - Página 399por United States. Department of State - 1866Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1863 - 478 páginas
...talents were enlisted in the cause of virtue ; and they well agree with the blameless life he led.] 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... | |
 | Theodore Parker - 1863 - 328 páginas
...highest trust, and for whom the official Senate and low-browed Church send out their hollow groans. " 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,... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 páginas
...talents were enlisted in the cause of virtue ; and they well agree with the blameless life he led.] 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... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1864 - 136 páginas
...patience will succeed where force fails. Necessity is the mother of invention. XXIX. DEATH THE LEVELLER. 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1864 - 340 páginas
...which they say touched even the thoughtless bosom of Charles the Second : — DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our birth 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... | |
 | Lewis Borrett White - 1864 - 232 páginas
...the poetical vigour of the first three, and are not worth printing here. THE VANITY OF VAIN GLORY. 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... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1864 - 350 páginas
...which they say touched even the thoughtless bosom of Charles the Second : — DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our birth 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... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1883 - 378 páginas
...edge. His taste was good, and ho liked good books. If it be true that the fine lines of Shirley,— " 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... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1883 - 232 páginas
...Napoleon Bonaparte. on the stage of history, the curtain fell for ever. LESSON XXXIX. Death the Leveller. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things j There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1883 - 866 páginas
...Napoleon, have been degraded from their honours, and have trod the common way down to dusty death. " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays hie icy hand on kings; Sceptre and crown must tumble down,... | |
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