 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...elevated, and the expression highly poetical. Profit's Final Conyaett. The glories of our birth and stat«, N -B s( F yu l R F0 YX q b u eijQ ]c 2 3> ieb͎f 4ja7...` x (3ɬ劸;" S+ _ b" < N b {Z t ~ } ! ڈ [ \ «paje. Some men with swords may reap the fitli, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...humanity. The following fine moral stanzas are said to have been a favourite song of Charles II.: —- " 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... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...substantial iluncs : There is no armor against fute ; Death lays his icy hands on kings , Sceptre und crown Must tumble down. And in the dust be equal made...With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with su-ords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels и Iiere they kill ; Rut their strong nerves at... | |
 | Emma Robinson - Great Britain - 1844 - 346 pages
...have been his favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth and state Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." " I would your grace had a better voice — you have a good will," said Wilmot, whose eyes were full... | |
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...rippling effects. The jingle of the iambic dimeter couplet in this context yields unmistakable irony: There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Lines longer than the norm, like the alexandrine in the following example, generate a sense of stretch... | |
 | Mike Royston - Education - 1998 - 246 pages
...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 - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1998 - 968 pages
...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... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - Education - 2014 - 132 pages
...poet's vision of Aunt Tilly as expressed in lines 19 to 23, by reference to earlier parts of the poem. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...armour against fate; Death lays his icy hand on kings: s Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and... | |
 | Greg Brodeur, Dave Galanter - Fiction - 2001 - 256 pages
...0-7434-1952-9 POCKET and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. BOOK ONE DEAD ZONE The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate; Death lays his icy hands on kings. —JAMES SHIRLEY Chapter One US5. Enterprise, NCC-17D1-E Ramulan Neutral Zone Section... | |
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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. 
