| 1847 - 556 pages
...palace of the great, The cabin of the poor." Mr. Howell has compared Shirley's quaint verse, — " Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown...And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scithe and spade." " In they go, Beggar and banker, porter, gentleman, The cinder-wench and white-handed... | |
| William Goodman - 1847 - 376 pages
...and died 1666. •' • . If! . • DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. " The glories of our birth and state, Aft 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... | |
| Jean Froissart, Enguerrand de Monstrelet - 1847 - 454 pages
...subjects or their slaves : — The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; 6 There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads mast come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...pearls of morning dew Ne'er to be found again. -Ibid. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state, Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate t Death lavs his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown, Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal... | |
| Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 pages
...near Demagiri Lakher chiefs in their traditional dress (1925) 1 THE STATUS AND ECONOMY OF THE CHIEFS The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. —James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a pre-eminent position. The... | |
| Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 pages
...near Demagiri Lakher chiefs in their traditional dress (1925) 1 THE STATUS AND ECONOMY OF THE CHIEFS The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. — James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a preeminent position . The... | |
| Steven H. Gale - 1996 - 690 pages
...and Ulysses in 1659, a masque that contains his best known poem, the dirge beginning with the lines "The glories of our blood and state / Are shadows, not substantial things." This elegaic poem was to keep his name alive in the anthologies. Although the theaters reopened in... | |
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