| James Johnson - China - 1806 - 154 pages
...ther, who was to restore tranquillity and prosperity to this dis1805. traded colmtry! Nov. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, " And all that beauty,...wealth e'er gave, " Await alike th' inevitable hour, " 'f he paths of glory lead but to the grave!" This great Statesman and General died at the village... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...ohscure; 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, Await alike th'inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead hut to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...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 thro' the long-drawn aisle and... | |
| James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...common father, who was to restore tranquillity and prosperity to this distracted country ! The boa't of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hoar, The paths of glory lead but to the grave! This great statesman and general died at the village... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...with a disdainful smile, . The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp Cf pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,...alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to thfi grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1808 - 646 pages
...quote with some little variation. " The blaze of heraldry, the pump of" power1, And all that valsur, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." This window .would have a very fine effect, was it of a dilferent make; but it is... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...obscure i Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile. The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast He wrings his hands, he beals these the fuult, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Where thro' thclong-drawnisleand fretted... | |
| Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 pages
...death, we are reminded of that fine stanza of Gray's Elegy, written in a country churchyard; 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. The ancient family of the Cufaudes had a vault also in this Chapel. This was not... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beanty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye Prond ! impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro'... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 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, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
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