 | Worcester County (Mass.) - 1826 - 404 pages
...not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : Bat their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still. Early or late They... | |
 | William Hone - 1826 - 882 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...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... | |
 | Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...mortal man ? Thy entrance on eternity. DEATH A UNIVERSAL CONQUEROR. SHIRLEY. THE glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown DEATH. tome men with swords may reap the field, ind plant fresh laurels where they kill ; . ir their... | |
 | William Hone - Days - 1830 - 878 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial things ; Here is no armour against fate . Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another still. Early or late, , They... | |
 | Health - 1830 - 336 pages
...we may meet DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST, in the hopes of a joyful resurrection, with joy and gladness : 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... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate, Death lays bis icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And,...the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield , They tame but one another still : Early or late They... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...fate, Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumhle down, And, in the dust, he equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade....the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame hut one another still : Early or late They stoop... | |
 | English literature - 1833 - 388 pages
...often quoted, or read with diminished admiration. rr DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. Tbo glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things; There...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Hut their strong nerves at last muet yield ; They tame but one another still: Early or late They... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1833 - 586 pages
...as this noble dirge has been quoted, it must not be omitted here : — ' The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still : Early or late, They... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - American periodicals - 1833 - 528 pages
...as this noble dirge has been quoted, it must not be omitted here : — " The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still: Early or late, They stoop... | |
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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. Some... 
