 In greatness is no trust." Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest royal'st seed That the earth did e'er suck in, Since the first man died for sin; Here the bones of birth have cried, "Though gods they were, as men they died.  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 141edited by - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...fear, What a charge of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones : 49 handl ; Where, from their pulpits scal'd with dust, They preach — in greatness is no trust. Here's... | |
 | Curtis GUILD - Europe - 1871 - 578 pages
...man's last vanity — his epitaph. " Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heaps of stones ! Here they lie • — had realms and lands, Who now want strength to lift their hands, Where, from their pulpit, scaled with dust, They preach. ' In greatness is no trust.'... | |
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 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1882 - 1002 pages
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...fear, What a change of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heaps of stones ! Here they lie had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands 138 FRANCIS BEAUMONT AND JOHN FLETCHER. Where from their pulpits seal'd with dust They preach — "... | |
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