 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...are elevated, and the expression highl poetical Death's Final Conquest. The glories of our birth and lse, implacable in hate ; Resolv'd to ruin or to rule the state : To compass this, the triple bon hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | 1851 - 558 pages
...or other of us may die this year. — Davies. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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 Mast tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...yours. JAMES SHIRLEY. BOKN, 1594; DIED, 1666. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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... | |
 | Country life - 1852 - 618 pages
...agreeable intercourse, and valuable teachings, are lost to us forever! " 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... | |
 | Cortlandt Van Rensselaer - Presbyterian Church - 1852 - 636 pages
...or other of us may die this year. — Davies. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. 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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...begeisteite Darstellung Bedeutendere unter ihnen. Death's Final Conquest. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate; Death lays his ky hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor... | |
 | 1852 - 626 pages
...other of us may die this year.—Dories. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of oar birth and date 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... | |
 | Peter Cunningham - Actors - 1852 - 250 pages
...Shirley's noble song, which old Bowman used to sing to King Charles : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays bin icy hands on Kings. Lely should have painted Nelly in her mourning ; but the delicate hand which... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pages
...each explosion, proves that the ground beneath is hollow. THE CONQUEROR. 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 iu the dust bo equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1853 - 838 pages
...asps warm in my bosom, And as much boast their killing. DEATH'S CONQUEST. 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... | |
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