 | Nancy Bogen - Literary Criticism - 2007 - 426 pages
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Did you notice... | |
 | Susan Ives - Education - 2007 - 158 pages
...(1955) The title is taken from the Thomas Gray poem Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard: "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, / And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, / Awaits alike th'inevitable hour. / The paths of glory lead but to the grave." Based loosely... | |
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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th 
