 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1854 - 102 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 alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 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, alike, the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead—but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
 | James A. Wade - Abbeys - 1861 - 430 pages
...master-trait of every passion that sways the human breast." MELROSE ABBEY. — THE TOMBS. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that worth e'er gave ; Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. " GRAY.... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...disdainful Smile The 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, Awaits alike th' inevitable Hour : The Paths of Glory lead but to the Grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the Fault, If Memory o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1863 - 456 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 392 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 alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 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 alike th' inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
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