 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...(jbfcure ; Nor grandeur hjpal Mth a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fi'mple annals of the poor. 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 but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1768 - 142 pages
...obfcure; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boafl of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...alike th' inevitable hour. 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... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1770 - 402 pages
...obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a difdainful fmile, The lhort and funplc annals of the poor. The The boaft 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 but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...fentiment, to that fine ftanza in Mr. Gray's elegy—.. "Theboaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, " And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, " Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. " The paths of glory lead but to the grave." No No tide of wine would drown your cares ; No mirth or mufick over-noife your fears.... | |
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft 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 but to the grave. Nor Nor you,... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 264 pages
...dcftiny obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and Ample annals of the poor. The boaft 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 but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 260 pages
...deftiny obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft 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 but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...difdainful fmile The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour ; 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... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...ftrongly drawn, than this of ' Grandeur fmiling difdain* fully at the annals of the poor' V. 33. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Awaits* alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. * This ftanza is characterized by energy,... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...Deftiny obfcufe ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful Smile, The fhort and fimple Annals of the Poor. The Boaft 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 but to the Grave. Nor you, ye Proud,... | |
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