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Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat our ear. This doth put us still in mind That our flesh must be resigned, And, a general silence made, The world be muffled in a shade. -- James Shirley
The honor is overpaid, When he that did the act is commentator. -- James Shirley
Knaves will thrive when honest plainness knows not how to live. -- James Shirley
Death lays his icy hand on kings. -- James Shirley
The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no armor against Fate.
Death lays his icy hand on kings ... -- James Shirley
Death calls ye to the crowd of common men. -- James Shirley
When our souls shall leave this dwelling, the glory of one fair and virtuous action is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, or silken banners over us. -- James Shirley
There is no armour against fate. -- James Shirley
How little room Do we take up in death, that, living, know No bounds! -- James Shirley
There is no armor against fate. -- James Shirley
Only the actions of the just, Smell sweet and blossom in their dust. -- James Shirley