 Await alike th' 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 fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note...  Specimens of the British poets - Página 189de British poets - 1809Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 252 páginas
...praise. Can story'd urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? — Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'il to ecstacy the living lyre. GHAT. WE nowpuplish the following painful but interesting commentary... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 350 páginas
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? — Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or fiatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death ! Perhaps in this...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. GHAT. WE now puplish the following painful but interesting commentary made... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 páginas
...praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe...o'f death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed. Or wak'd... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 páginas
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 páginas
...mansion call the fleeting breath, ? | Can , honour's voice provoAe the silent dus^, | Or flattery , soothe , the dull, cold ear of death, ? | Perhaps...Hands that the rod of em'pire might have sway'd,, | Or waA'd to ecstasy the living lyre,. | But knowledge to their eyes Aer ample page', | Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 páginas
...its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre: But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 324 páginas
...praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd* Or waked to eestacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | William Collins - 1844 - 328 páginas
...praise. Can storied urn or animated hust Back to its mansion call the fleeting hreath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe...ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the tod of empire might have sway'd* Or waked... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 páginas
...memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied...breath ? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold car of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once... | |
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