 Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny 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....  Elegant Extracts - Page 22edited by - 1809Full view - About this book
 | 1782 - 500 pages
...fhort and fimple 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...lead 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 iflc and... | |
 | Agostino Isola - English poetry - 1784 - 140 pages
...non afcolti con forrifo acerbo De' poverelli i brevi annali e fchietti. Qual The bpaft of hefaWry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful liuile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The bpaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...obfcufe ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful Smile, The fhort and fimple Annals of the Poor. The Boaft of Heraldry, the Pomp of Pow'r, And all that Beauty,...lead but to the Grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn Me, and fretted... | |
 | John Walter - 1785 - 258 pages
...obfcure; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor, The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The fhort and fimplc annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb. no trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn aifte and... | |
 | English poetry - 1785 - 316 pages
...Ihort and fimple annals of the 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...lead but to the 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...fliort and fimple 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...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
...annals of the poor. 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...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The Ihort and fimplc annals of the poor. The boaft fs, lay thy chaft'ning hand ! Mot in thy Gorgon terrors clad, Mor thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Wherethro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
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