 | Martin Bulmer, Anthony M. Rees - 1996 - 332 pages
...the cottages of the poor and the castles of kings." And James Shirley (1596-1666) reminds us that: Death lays his icy hand on kings Sceptre and crown...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. (Shirley 1646) This attitude is integral to Christian social teaching that dominated the evaluation... | |
 | Adam Kuper - 1996 - 962 pages
...cottages of the poor and the castles of kings.' And James Shirley (1596-1666) reminds us that Deadi lays his icy hand on kings Sceptre and crown Must...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. This attitude is integral to Christian social teaching, which dominated the evaluation of equality... | |
 | Stephen Adams - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 2001 - 257 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... | |
 | Harold C. Raley - 2001 - 222 pages
...and brutal destiny in this world. James Shirley's lament is typical of many writers across the ages: The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...substantial things; There is no armour against fate . . . ("Contention of Ajax and Ulysses III") But the repetition of this error does not make it true.... | |
 | P. J. Parrish - 2001 - 420 pages
...again." Gibralter bowed his head and the others took their cue. Gibralter's voice broke the silence. " "The glories of our blood and state are shadows, not substantial things. There is no armor against fate. Death lays his icy hand on kings.' " The men began drifting away, parting to allow... | |
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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. 
