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" 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. Some... "
The divine comedy, tr. by H.W. Longfellow. (sir J. Lubbock's 100 books, 60). - Page 607
by Dante Alighieri - 1893 - 760 pages
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The Book of English Songs: From the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century

Charles Mackay - 1851 - 332 pages
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill; But their strong...
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Selections from the Christian Poets, Ancient and Modern

Christian poets - 1851 - 470 pages
...state, Are shadows, not substantial things : There is no armour agninst fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong...
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Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to ...

1851 - 496 pages
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill ; But their strong...
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Growing Up with Poetry: An Anthology for Secondary Schools

David Rubadiri - 1989 - 132 pages
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field. And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong...
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The Medieval Revival and Its Influence on the Romantic Movement

R. R. Agrawal - 1990 - 316 pages
...not substantial things: There is no 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 spade.46 The concluding lines refer to the inevitability of death: The garlands wither on your brow,...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...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 (1. 1—8) 2 They stoop to fate. And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives,...
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Food and Drug Administration's Regulation of Dietary Supplements: Hearing ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee - 1994 - 612 pages
...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...
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Food and Drug Administration's Regulation of Dietary Supplements: Hearing ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee - 1994 - 542 pages
...the ruled, all gone; in the words of the Elizabethan dramaäst, James Shirley: Sceptre and crown Musi tumble down. And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade Following the chemical analysis of these Mesoamerican plants, their use or abuse became popular among...
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Mizo Chiefs and the Chiefdom

Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 pages
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. —James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a pre-eminent position. The...
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Mizo Chiefs and the Chiefdom

Suhas Chatterjee - 1995 - 236 pages
...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...equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. — James Shirty The Mizos lived underthe gerontocracy where chiefs had a preeminent position . The...
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