| Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 pages
...neighbouring peasantry, arrived in time to snatch my dear offspring from eternal ruin. CHAP. XVL The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave.— Gray. Yet say what more can Heav'n on you bestow, In your bright path increasing blessings... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 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,... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 670 pages
...the author was living. IRREGULAR ODE. ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. 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. HARK to that... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 678 pages
...the author was living. IRREGULAR ODE. ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. 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. HARK to that... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 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... | |
| Thomas Branagan - Charity - 1815 - 376 pages
...obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The biast 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'... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...obscure; SO 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, VARIATIONS. Ver. 25. Sickle] Sickles, Ms. W. NOTES. Ver. 27. How jocund did they drive their... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 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,... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 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 ih' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 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 Hi' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
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