 Nor Grandeur hear with a 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 Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.  The Beauties of English Poesy - Page 54by Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...poor. The boaft of.heraldry, the pomp of pow'r And all l-hat beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Meni'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, When; through the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...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. Nor you, ye proud, impute to tViefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And aH that beauty,. all that weafth, e'er gave,-- Await, alike, th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead — but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impflte to thefe the fault, If Hiera'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where, through the long-drawn... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...dedere boni, Supremam fimul hanc expeftant omnia noftem ; Scilicet ad let hum ducit honoris her. Nolite Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife. Can ftoried... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, afts the phyfic of the field ; " Thy am of building...worm to weave; " Learn of the little Nautilus to fa Wherethro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife. Can... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
....pow'r, And all that beauty, all that health e'er gave, Await, alike, th'inevitublc hour; . The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefc the fault, if mem'iy o'er their tomb no trnphies raife. Where thro' the long-drawn i!e and fretted... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...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...tomb no trophies raife , Where thro' the long-drawn ile and fretted vault, The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife. Can ftoried urn, or animated buft,... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...poor. The boafl of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, al! that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead...Nor you, ye proud ! impute to thefe the fault, If mcm'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife ; Where thro' the long drawn aifle and fretted vault, The... | |
 | T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 pages
...pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, Jf Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ' aifle' and fretted vault... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike, the inevitable' hour. The paths of glory load but to the grave. / Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn aifle and fretted vault, . The... | |
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