 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...  A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry - Página 30de Charles Mackay - 1896 - 633 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | William Hone - 1830 - 878 páginas
...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...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 páginas
...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,...Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield , They tame but one another... | |
 | 1833 - 388 páginas
...indeed, can never be too often quoted, or read with diminished admiration. rr DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. Tbo glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Hut their strong nerves at last muet yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 528 páginas
...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..."Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1833 - 586 páginas
...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...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 528 páginas
...our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death luys his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - 1833 - 518 páginas
...Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; • Death hiys his icy hand1 on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And..."Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another... | |
 | William Hone - 1835 - 876 páginas
...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...Some men with swords may reap the field , And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame hut one another... | |
 | 1837 - 574 páginas
...sent to us by one, to whom Charterhouse looks for great things. It does not properly come within the The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another... | |
 | 1833 - 590 páginas
...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...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another... | |
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