Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny 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, all that wealth e'er gave.... Elegant Extracts - Página 22editado por - 1809Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1822 - 418 páginas
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, — -. The jiaths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 páginas
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...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, and fretted... | |
| 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...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 fretted vault,... | |
| 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...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 fretted... | |
| 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... | |
| 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...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 fretted... | |
| John Gamble - 1826 - 374 páginas
...restless 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...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... | |
| William Enfield - 1827 - 412 páginas
...useful toil, ! Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...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, and fretted... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 páginas
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...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 fretted... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 páginas
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; , Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor; The boast of...pomp of 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,... | |
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