 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 390 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his iey hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked seythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his iey hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked seythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill... | |
 | William Hone - 1837 - 954 pages
...Wagttaffe" 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 substantial...Death lays his icy hand« on kings : Sceptre and crown Mibt tumble1 down, And in the dust he equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 substantial...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... | |
 | Isabella Steward - 1840 - 938 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial thinug ; 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 scvthe and spade. '' BEFORE we had half way traversed the outer chamber the sound of advancing footsteps... | |
 | 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... | |
 | English literature - 1842 - 344 pages
...dialect which developes itself in such euphemisms as icobber, widdle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial...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,... | |
 | 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 substantial...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
...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 substantial...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... | |
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Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. 
