 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, and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells...  The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins - Page 441836Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1854 - 102 pages
...to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note...breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Elocution - 1854 - 440 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath 1 Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of Death '/ Perhaps in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Edwin Waugh - Lancashire (England) - 1855 - 282 pages
...impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells...honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death. *' Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart once pregnant... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting hreath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did... | |
 | William Sherwood - Conversation - 1856 - 466 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...ita mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke tho silent dust, Or Flattery eoothe Spike after spike, their scanty harvest ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Kich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells...Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant... | |
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