 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 - Page 149by Thomas Gray - 1778 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1814 - 670 pages
...THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. 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. HARK to that paean song, whose choral lay Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S smiling... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...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, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead—but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 676 pages
...EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, alt that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to tbe grave. Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S smiling train; With what sweet cadence does it... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Charity - 1815 - 376 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The biast 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. Nor you, ye proud' impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Where thro"... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...fhort and iimple 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 hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave ! Si Nor yoUi ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 352 pages
...these line* efGray arose in my mind : The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave ; Await alike, th' inevitable hour; The paths of Glory lead but to the grare. SECT. CXXXVIII. A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION, BY THE ELEGANT AWTHORESS* OF TH^ MYSTERIES... | |
 | Edwin B. Hamilton - Princesses - 1817 - 194 pages
...attending our history as a people. " 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 ! " Our readers are already apprised, that on the demise of any Member of the Royal... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...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, Await alike th' 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...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. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through... | |
 | A. Yosy - 1823 - 304 pages
...infallibly overtake us at the last ! '•' The pride of wisdom, and the pomp of power, And all thai beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave !" ' How little do we know what a day may bring forth !' Over our fairest prospects,... | |
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