 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 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,...wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise, Where through... | |
 | Brian Short - History - 1992 - 260 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. This version of village life, called... | |
 | Philip Koch - Philosophy - 1994 - 400 pages
...known, this is the one.") A few lines may serve to give the tone of Gray's pensive solitude: 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. Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full... | |
 | College readers - 1994 - 1952 pages
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 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...obscure; 30 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,...alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault. If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
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