 | 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,...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... | |
 | 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 hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Meni'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...ftrongly drawn, than this of ' Grandeur fmiling difdain* fully at the annals of the poor' V. 33. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Awaits* alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. * This ftanza... | |
 | 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 hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to tViefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | 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 paths of glory lead — but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impflte to thefe the fault, If Hiera'ry o'er their tomb no... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 372 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 graven Nor you, ye Proud, impute to thefe the fault,, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The lhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gaw, Await alike th' inevitable hour '. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Not Hos nee... | |
 | 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 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... | |
 | 1792 - 112 pages
...obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The short 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... | |
 | James Roach - English poetry - 1792 - 284 pages
...fliort and fimple annals of the poor. The boafl of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, al! 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 mcm'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,... 
