 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.  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 128by Thomas Gray - 1775 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Sheridan - Elocution - 1796 - 292 pages
...bow'd the woods beneath their Jlurdy ftrokej Sturtfy — with Jlrcngth) and energy. • 9TH VERSE. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, An ait alike th' inevitable hour. (Here emh tie fcntenci.) The paths of glory lead but to... | |
 | Children's stories - 1797 - 350 pages
...Their homely joys and deftiny obfcure, Nor grandeur here, with a difdainful finiley The fliort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, All that beauty — all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th* inevitable hour ; The paths to glory... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1797 - 208 pages
...Gray, and Cook do seem to tontend for the mastery ; but above all in that famous stanza ; " 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.'' GRAY.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...deftiny obfcure : Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. 3i The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...wealth, e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths uf glory lead but to the grave. 3^5 Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 pages
...Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry,...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud! impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - English literature - 1799 - 786 pages
...paflages, Nature, Cray, and Cook feem to contend fur the mattery ; but above all in that great ftanza ; " The boaft 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." GIAY. A... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - English poetry - 1799 - 656 pages
...palfages, Nature, Gray, and Cook feem to conlead for the mattery ; but above all in that great ftanza , " The boaft 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." GRAY. A... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 462 pages
...Nature, Gray, and Cook seem to contend for the mastery; but above all in that great stanza; " 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." AX a P'i... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...Their homely joys, anddeltiny obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difd.iinful fmile, The Short and nmple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er i;.r, <.-, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
 | English poetry - 1800 - 322 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 gaves Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the .grave. '. Nor you,... | |
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