...last confess'd), The world had then a stranger been JAMES SHIRLEY. 1594-1666. 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...

...stiff the hand, and 'Still the tongue, &c. Shirleius: The glories of our birth and state | are shadoms, not substantial things; | there is no armour against .fate, | Death lays his icy hand on kings; | sceptre and cromn | must tumble down, | and in the dust be laid | with the poor crooked...

...sleep the hallowed sleep, — Sleep that is o'erwatched by heaven. LXIX. The glories of our mortal 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...

...and dust ? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 479 L- MJ SHIRLJSY, altered 1 THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. 2 Princes and magistrates must fall, And in...

...dust ? They make our expectations vain, And disappoint our trust. 378 479 *" M- J- SHIRLEY, altered. 1 THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings. 2 Princes and magistrates must fall, And in...

...BIEOER, Holywell Street, Strand; & S. GILBERT, 26, Paternoster Row. [Price Twopence. 16 Cabinet. PEECr. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armor against fate, Death lays his icy hands on kings : Scoptre and crown Must tumble down, And, in...

...the more common of their kind — nothing in respect to this world : — * The glories of our mortal state Are shadows, not substantial things: There is no armour against fate ; Dreth lays his icy band on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid,...

...ordinary readers of poetry, Shirley is best known. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There...kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dost be equal made With the poor crooked sithe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field,...

...sixteen months old. Kings and conquerors are but mortal, like their subjects or their slaves : — The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings : All heads must come To the cold tomb ; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and...

...developes itself in such euphemisms as icobber, widdle and majowity. From SHIRLEY. 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...