 | Isaac Appleton Jewett - Europe - 1838 - 338 pages
...hour wasted, which is given to the Children's Theatres of Paris. 261 XVII. THE TOMBS AT ST. DENIS. ' Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.' SHIKLET. A LEAGUE'S walk from the Barriere, between two rows of trees, brought me within sight of the... | |
 | Scotland - 1839 - 894 pages
...the art, Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart." KEOM THE "CONTENTION OF AJAX AND ULYSSES." " 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... | |
 | William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...fTagstaffe." It is affirmed of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, 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... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 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. LXX. WHAT 's hallowed ground ? Has... | |
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1842 - 542 pages
...dialect which developes itself in such euphonisms, as tcobber, tciddle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 344 pages
...of dialect which developes itself in such euphemisms as icobber, widdle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds, Upon death's purple altar now,... | |
 | Catholic literature - 1842 - 92 pages
...characteristic songs, by which, among ordinary readers of poetry, Shirley is best known. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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 dost be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | R. M. Evans - Christian saints - 1842 - 264 pages
...Kings and conquerors are but mortal, like their subjects or their slaves : — The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the... | |
 | Isaac Nicholson Allen - Afghan Wars - 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 - Afghan Wars - 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,... | |
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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. 
