 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.  The Englishman's fire-side - 72 페이지전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Peter Cunningham - 1852 - 250 페이지
...mind Shirley's noble song, which old Bowman used to sing to King Charles : The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate : Death lays bin icy hands on Kings. Lely should have painted Nelly in her mourning ; but the delicate hand which... | |
 | 1852 - 302 페이지
...positions must have been somewhat different from the present acceptation. Well might the old poet say, " The glories of our birth and state are shadows, not substantial things." Distorted shadows some of them have been, and it is well that they at least are not substantial. Ideas... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1852 - 444 페이지
...first consort of James V. of Scotland, affords a touching exemplification of the oft-repeated fact— " The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things." enshrined her memory in such an atmosphere of poetry as to render it difficult to speak of her in that... | |
 | David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 페이지
...be no more. Death, thou shalt die. John Donne (England) Death the leveller 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... | |
 | R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 페이지
...points out the futility of all pomp and power in life: 41 Lines 13-18. 42 Lines 19-24. 43 Lines 37-42. The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...armour against fate: Death lays his icy hands on kings: Scepter and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 페이지
...OxBoLi; PoRA JAMES SHIRLEY (1596-1666) The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses 1 The glories of our blood ueaking In fifty different sharps and flats. (1. 10-20) 61 "Please your honors," said he, "I'm hand on kings: Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked... | |
 | Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 페이지
...chiefs in their traditional dress (1925) 1 THE STATUS AND ECONOMY OF THE CHIEFS 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... | |
 | Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 페이지
...chiefs in their traditional dress (1925) 1 THE STATUS AND ECONOMY OF THE CHIEFS 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... | |
 | Mike Royston - 1998 - 246 페이지
...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 substantial things; There is no armour against Fate; 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... | |
 | Nahdjla Carasco Bailey - 2014 - 132 페이지
...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 substantial things; There is no 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... | |
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