 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.  Poems and Letters - Page 75by Thomas Gray - 1863 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftroke! Let not Ambition mock their ufcful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure; Nor...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Collection - 1758 - 394 pages
...deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful ftnile, The fhort and Ample annals of the poor. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - English poetry - 1762 - 312 pages
...broke I How jocund did they drive their team afield ! How bow'd the woods beneath their fturdy ftrokef Let not ambition mock their ufeful toil, Their homely...grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | English poetry - 1765 - 414 pages
...ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a difdainful fmiie» The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry^ the pomp of poVr, And all that beauty* all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...grave, Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1765 - 412 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, 1 And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but p the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...The loaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, A .A ait, alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead...grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where, thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault,. The... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 294 pages
...pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, aiika th' inevitable hour i The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you,- ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where, thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault, The pealing... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Cats - 1768 - 140 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that bgauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
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