 | 1796 - 246 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The lion't of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths ef glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1797 - 188 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. 32 The boaft of heialdry, the pomp of pew'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead to the grave. 36 Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to thefethe fault. If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1797 - 208 pages
...Gray, and Cook do seem to tontend for the mastery ; but above all in that famous stanza ; " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, " And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, '' Await alike the inevitable hour;. " The paths of glory lead but to the grave.'' GRAY.... | |
 | Children's stories - 1797 - 350 pages
...fliort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, All that beauty — all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th* inevitable hour ; The paths to glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thofe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1798 - 130 pages
...obfcure : Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. 3i The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths uf glory lead but to the grave. 3^5 Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their... | |
 | Art - 1798 - 580 pages
...have not noticed, in this very lianza : 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 leid but to the grave. A x"''í «"yiHS", Xe'f r<j~.^a-„ »a/ 1» та , П« > ú арл таигх... | |
 | British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 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,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud! impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where, through the long-drawn aifte and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 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...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...ornamented abbey of a crowded city : " 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." Think not that I speak in derision, or censure, N 2 in thus glancing at the peculiarities... | |
 | George Lipscomb - England - 1799 - 394 pages
...forefathers of the hamlet sleep. ********** Nor you, ye proud I impute to these the fault* If rnem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise ; Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted. vauk, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise." GRAY. • . » ' The inside of this edifice is... | |
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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. 
