 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 416 pages
...beautiful stanzas with which a country church-yard inspired the muse of Gray. One noble line 21 ' The paths of glory lead but to the grave' — must have seemed...rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec!' ,,* Of Gray, and Goldsmith, and Cowper this is also to be remembered — that they have enriched the... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 424 pages
...beautiful stanzas with which a country church-yard inspired the muse of Gray. One noble lino ' The paths of glory lead but to the grave' — must have seemed...rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec !' "* Of Gray, and Goldsmith, and Cowper this is also to be remembered — that they have enriched... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 pages
...church-yard inspired the muse of Gray. One noble line ' The paths of glory lead but to the grave'»must have seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful...rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec!' "* Of Gray, and Goldsmith, and Cowper this is also to be remembered — that they have enriched the... | |
 | Washington Irving - Celebrities - 1855 - 566 pages
...hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave." " Now gentlemen," said he, when he had finished, " I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec." The descent was made in flat-bottomed boats, past midnight, on the 13th of September. They dropped... | |
 | Joseph Banvard - Maryland - 1856 - 268 pages
...glory lead but to the grave," etc. Having finished the poem, he added, in low but emphatic tones, " Gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec to-morrow." 10* About an hour before the dawn, the landing "was accomplished, Wolfe being among the... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 702 pages
...low voice, to the other officers in his boat those beautiful stanzas with which a country churchyard inspired the muse of Gray; one noble line, 'The paths...rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.'" A fitting tribute to the memory of both of these gallant men has been erected at Quebec. It is thus... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 242 pages
...inspired the muse of Gray. One noble line, ' The paths of glory lead but to the grave ' — must hare seemed at such a moment fraught with mournful meaning....rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec !' Of Gray, and Goldsmith, and Cowper, this is also to be remembered — that they have enriched the... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1858 - 468 pages
...soldiers on board, how eagerly must every heart have throbbed at the coming conflict ; how intently must every eye have contemplated the dark outline as it...designed, — and Wolfe was amongst the first to leap on'shore, — the troops found themselves at the foot of a high and precipitous cliff, leading up to... | |
 | Osmond Tiffany - United States - 1858 - 300 pages
...cast one longing, lingering look behind ? " He closed with a short panegyric on the Elegy, saying, " Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec." The profound silence which followed, proved how completely his officers were penetrated by the exquisite... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...by his side, "Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard," and as he concluded the beautiful verses, said, "Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec!" But while Wolfe thus, in the poet's words, gave vent to the intensity of his feelings, his eye was... | |
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Not a word was spoken, not a sound was heard beyond the rippling of the stream. Wolfe alone, thus tradition has told us, repeated in a low voice to the other officers in his boat those beautiful stanzas with which a country churchyard inspired the muse... 
