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 Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...power. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths on soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, T these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle, and... | |
| John Gamble - 1826 - 374 páginas
...wishes, and busy cares, of this fleeting scene sink into the insignificance they deserve ! " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." These are melancholy reflections, and little in unison with other parts of this... | |
| 1826 - 310 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... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 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 memory o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 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 memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
| William Enfield - 1827 - 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,... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 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 Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
| 1827 - 616 páginas
...disappointments. AN EVENING'S RAMBLE. " Th« boast of heraldry, the pump of po»'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." Gray. I WAS on a desolate spot of our favoured island ; craggy heights, broken glens,... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 292 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 memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle,,... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 páginas
...pow'r, 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 Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle, and... | |
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