 | Albert Joseph Mary Shamon - Religion - 2003 - 84 pages
...the fallen angels was pride; the sin of man is forgetfulness— especially to forget that: The boast 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. (Gray's Elegy). A final reason for boasting... | |
 | Albert Joseph Mary Shamon - Religion - 2003 - 106 pages
...Holy Spirit let Qoheleth see the emptiness of creation, to discover as did Thomas Gray: "The boast 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" Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.... | |
 | Stephen W. Berry II - History - 2002 - 304 pages
...Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard": "The boast 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." 10. Rebecca Dixon Chambers letter, 1958, Harry St. John Dixon Papers. 1 1. Rebecca... | |
 | John Reid - Poetry - 2005 - 153 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,...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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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th 
