 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...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, Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave* Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the>fault,' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | 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,...Await 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 676 pages
...EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, alt that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to tbe grave. Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S smiling train; With what sweet cadence does it... | |
 | 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,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud' impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Where thro" the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...fhort and iimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike, th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave ! Si Nor yoUi ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 352 pages
...these line* efGray arose in my mind : The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave ; Await alike, th' inevitable hour; The paths of Glory lead but to the grare. SECT. CXXXVIII. A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION, BY THE ELEGANT AWTHORESS* OF TH^ MYSTERIES... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Edwin B. Hamilton - Princesses - 1817 - 194 pages
...attending our history as a people. " The boast of Heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, — The paths of glory lead but to the GRAVE ! " Our readers are already apprised, that on the demise of any Member of the Royal... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...power, 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, ye proud, impute to these the fault, ' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle... | |
 | 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,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
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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. 
