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Victorious men of earth, no more
Proclaim how wide your empires are;
Though you bind in every shore
And your triumphs reach as far
As night or day,
Yet you, proud monarchs, mu...
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James Shirley (1596-1666), British dramatist. Cupid and Death (l. 23-24). . .
Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse, The. H. J. C. Grierson and...
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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,
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James Shirley (1596-1666), British dramatist. The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses (l. 1-8). . .
Norton Anthology of Poetry, The. Alexander W. Allis...
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