...[From " The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses for the Armour of Achille«."] THE glories of our blood and 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...

...sail, Or all the toil is lost. Cowper. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST.1 THE glories of our blood and state2 Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no...Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ;3 But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another...

...sleep the hallowed sleep, — Sleep that is o'erwatched by heaven. LXIX. THE glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust. WHAT'S hallowed ground ? Has earth...

...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 the laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They turne but one another...

...DEATH. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial thing« : There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings ; Sceptre...scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the ñeld, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; Bnt their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame...

...state, Are shadows, not substantial thing* ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands power to choose, But they no charter to refuse. Hence...Though by the indirectest way, Tie no injustice nor fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong nerves at last must yield, They tame but one another...

...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...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...

...visor being up, imparts to it a yawning deathlike aspect, which seems to read a bitter moral : — " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." A few old encaustic tiles, brasses, and scattered bits of stained glass remaining in the windows, make...

...circumstances. 1 he glories of onr mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre...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...

...state Are shadows, not substantial tilings ; 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 but one another...