...The lines quoted by our correspondent are from a poem by Shirley, entitled— DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must humble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords...

...birth and state • Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour against fate : Deal- li lays his icy hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Intimately connected with Birkland and its former sports, and perhaps more interesting from the fact...

...(metonymic) symbols. Such are to be found in a poem by James Shirley (quoted by Chapman, 1973:78): "Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Here the expressions "sceptre" and "crown" signify "kings", the bearers of these regalia, and "the...

...dell' amore, Giambi ed epodi Cittadino Mastai, bevi un bicchier. James Shirley, The Levelling Dust Death lays his icy hand on kings: Sceptre and Crown...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, Die Söhne Haruns Seit ich Bagdads Thron bestiegen, bin von Feinden ich umgeben....

...16-19) ELP; NOEC; NOIV; OxBoLi; PoRA JAMES SHIRLEY (1596-1666) The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses 1 ing With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different...(1. 10-20) 61 "Please your honors," said he, "I'm (1. 1—8) 2 They stoop to fate. And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,...

...diem — the ruler and the ruled, all gone; in the words of the Elizabethan dramatist, James Shirley: Sceptre and crown Must tumble down. And in the dust...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade Following the chemical analysis of these Mesoamerican plants, their use or abuse became popular among...

...near Demagiri Lakher chiefs in their traditional dress (1925) 1 THE STATUS AND ECONOMY OF THE CHIEFS The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. — James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a preeminent position . The...

...near Demagiri Lakher chiefs in their traditional dress (1925) 1 THE STATUS AND ECONOMY OF THE CHIEFS The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. —James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a pre-eminent position. The...

...the cottages of the poor and the castles of kings." And James Shirley (1596-1666) reminds us that: Death lays his icy hand on kings Sceptre and crown...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. (Shirley 1646) This attitude is integral to Christian social teaching that dominated the evaluation...

...cottages of the poor and the castles of kings.' And James Shirley (1596-1666) reminds us that Deadi lays his icy hand on kings Sceptre and crown Must...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. This attitude is integral to Christian social teaching, which dominated the evaluation of equality...