...Purpose. " It is affirmed of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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 crooked...

...published in 167j. without any name.] DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. JAMES SHIRLEY. Born 1596— Died 1666. The glories of our blood* and state Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands pn kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked...

...Mr. Gi fibril and the Rev. Alexander Dyee. SHIRLEY. DEATH'S FtNAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his iey hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor...

...Mr. Gilford and tbe Rev. Alexander Dyec. SHIRLEY. . DKATH'3 FINAL CONQUEST. THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his iey hands on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor...

...Wagttaffe" It is affirmed of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...Death lays his icy hand« on kings : Sceptre and crown Mibt tumble1 down, And in the dust he equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with...

...fTagstaffe." It is affirmed of Charles II. that he was mightily delighted with these beautiful stanzas, The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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 crooked...

...the art, Shall have the cunning skill to break a heart." KEOM THE "CONTENTION OF AJAX AND ULYSSES." " The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...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 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...| Death lays his icy hand on kings; | sceptre and cromn | must tumble down, | and in the dust be laid | with the poor crooked scythe and spade. History...

...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,...

...characteristic songs, by which, among ordinary readers of poetry, Shirley is best known. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hands on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dost be equal made With the poor crooked...