 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 260 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,...alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1775 - 168 pages
...obfcure-; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fliort aid fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The path of glory leads but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Memory o'er... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...Ihort and fimple annals of the poor. The boafl 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 Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 456 pages
...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 hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...Ihort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all ftiat beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. or you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, Jf Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | 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 hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | 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...alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies... | |
 | 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,...alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb. no trophies... | |
 | 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,...alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | 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,...alike th' inevitable Hour, The Paths of Glory lead but to the Grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
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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,... 
