<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416220" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Glories of our Blood and State</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The glories of our blood and state<br> Are shadows, not substantial things;<br> There is no armour against fate;<br> Death lays his icy hand on kings.<br> Sceptre and crown<br> Must tumble down,<br> And in the dust be equal made<br> With the poor crooked scythe and spade.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Some men with swords may reap the field,<br> And plant fresh laurels where they kill;<br> But their strong nerves at last must yield,<br> They tame but one another still.<br> Early or late,<br> They stoop to fate,<br> And must give up their murmuring breath,<br> When they, pale captives, creep to death.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The garlands wither on your brow,<br> Then boast no more your mighty deeds;<br> Upon death's purple altar now,<br> See where the victor-victim bleeds.<br> Your heads must come<br> To the cold tomb;<br> Only the actions of the just<br> Smell sweet and blossom in their dust.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Shirley">James Shirley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416220" data-title="The Glories of our Blood and State de James Shirley" data-description="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 sp..."></div> </div> </div>

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