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
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beanty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye Prond ! impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro'... | |
| Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 pages
...Elegy, written in a country churchyard; 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. The ancient family of the Cufaudes had a vault also in this Chapel. This was not... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await ajrle 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 thro'... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...Pauperis aśnales, liistoriasque breves ! 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 trophies raise, Wherethrough... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...historiasque breves! The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gare, 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, Wherethrough... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that weal. h e'er gave, .wait 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... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 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...— The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through... | |
| Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pornp of pow'r, And all that beauty all that wealth e'ervgave, 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 ihro"... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 310 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... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 678 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... | |
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