 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.  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 128by Thomas Gray - 1775 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 164 pages
...toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The mort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry,...pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Forgive, ye... | |
 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1753 - 168 pages
...Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and funple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory, lead but to the grave. Forgive, ye... | |
 | Thomas Warton - Dialect poetry, Scottish - 1753 - 164 pages
...obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and dimple annals of the poor. The boafl of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Forgive, ye... | |
 | Collection - English poetry - 1755 - 378 pages
...toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry,...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 Mem'ry o'er... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...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 Mem'ry o'er... | |
 | Collection - 1758 - 394 pages
...deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful ftnile, The fhort and Ample annals of the poor. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...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 Mem'ry o'er... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - English poetry - 1762 - 308 pages
...toil, Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry,...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 Mem'ry o'er... | |
 | John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...toil, Their homely joys, and defliny obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry,...pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. E Forgive, ye... | |
 | Literature - 1764 - 236 pages
...employment of the departed poor, and again cloathes a juft reflection in the moft poetic language. The The boaft 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; Thefe lines are... | |
 | English poetry - 1765 - 414 pages
...Their homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a difdainful fmiie» The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry,...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 Mem'ry o'er... | |
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