Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. The British poetical miscellany - Página 2de British poetical miscellany - 1805Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 páginas
...obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of Heraldry, the pomp of Pow'r, And all that Beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle,... | |
| Susan Linn De Witt - 1823 - 496 páginas
...visit in the morning. CHAPTER II. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable hour, — The paths of glory lead but to the grave." JUSTINA, on her return from church, entered the parlour, and found there assembled... | |
| A. Yosy - 1823 - 304 páginas
...infallibly overtake us at the last ! '•' The pride of wisdom, and the pomp of power, And all thai beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave !" ' How little do we know what a day may bring forth !' Over our fairest prospects,... | |
| William Scott - 1823 - 396 páginas
...power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead — but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle and... | |
| William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 páginas
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
| William Oxberry - 1824 - 402 páginas
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all 'hat beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave. Nor you ye proud, impute to these the f iuhr If Mem'ry o'er their tomb na trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths or where Vega's these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, [vault, Where through the long drawn... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 páginas
...grandeur bear with a disdainful smile The short and simple anmils of the poor. The boast of heraldry, che pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth...alike, th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Jfor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Luke Booker - 1825 - 190 páginas
...and Hilarity have departed! " The boast of Heraldry,—the Pomp of Pow'r, And all that Beauty,—all that Wealth e'er gave, Await alike, th' inevitable Hour: The Paths of Glory lead but to the Grave!" * Plot, Shaw, &c. COLONADE, AND GRAND ENTRANCE. Returning to the Area or Court,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 páginas
...inevitable hour, Nor stay the fearful violence of fate." Awake alike th' inevitable hour. 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise Where through the long-drawn isle and... | |
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