...tasteless tablets of their late descendants'. What striking proofs do these instances afford, that The glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial things. On the once splendid tombs of the Fitzalans at Arundel, of the Luttrells at Dunster, and countless...

...unburied, to find at last such a lowly grave ! Well has our old poet said, " The glories of this mortal state Are shadows — not substantial things ; There...hand on kings ; Sceptre and crown must tumble down, And in the dust be equal laid With the poor crooked scythe and spade." Returning through the city,...

...elevated, and the expression highly poetical. Profit's Final Conyaett. The glories of our birth and stat«, we two were alone i What canst thou witness then...conversation, Where each meant more than could by bo And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and «paje. Some men with swords may reap...

...in the reign of Charles I. ; he outlived the restoration, and died 1666. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. " The glories of our birth 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...

...fine stanzas, which are recorded to have been kia favourites, in the Contention of Ajax and Ulysses. " The glories of our birth 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 AY'ith the poor...

...And where I have fought shall my people be blest!" EOOERa. .V- : ../ O^S6 Deatlfa final <ffonqueat HE glories of our birth and state Are shadows, not substantial...things . There is no armour against fate : Death lays her icy hands on kings; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made 'With the...

...moral stanzas are said to have been a favourite song of Charles II.: —- " The glories of our blood and 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 in the dust be equal made 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...hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade : Only the actions of the just...

...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...hand on kings. Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap...

...in the reign of Charles I. ; he outlived the restoration, and died 1666. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST. " The glories of our birth 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...