| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 páginas
...ohscure; 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, Await alike th'inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead hut to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| 1806 - 330 páginas
...See Heav'n its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! 141 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,... | |
| James Johnson - 1806 - 154 páginas
...ther, who was to restore tranquillity and prosperity to this dis1805. traded colmtry! Nov. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, " And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, " Await alike th' inevitable hour, " 'f he paths of glory lead but to the grave!" This great... | |
| James Johnson - 1807 - 430 páginas
...common father, who was to restore tranquillity and prosperity to this distracted country ! The boa't of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hoar, The paths of glory lead but to the grave! This great statesman... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 páginas
...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, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...obscure i Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile. The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast He wrings his hands, he beals e'er gave. Await, alike, th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
| Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 páginas
...death, we are reminded of that fine stanza of Gray's 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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 páginas
...opus! Nec fronte exoipiat ventosa Supcrbi.i torv» Puuperis auuaicj, historiasque 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,... | |
| Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 páginas
...neighbouring peasantry, arrived in time to snatch my dear offspring from eternal ruin. CHAP. XVL The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave.— Gray. Yet say what more can Heav'n on you bestow, In your bright path increasing blessings... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 páginas
...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, Await alike th' inevitable hour; — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
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