| Thomas Gray - 1768 - 142 páginas
...difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple 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. Nor you,, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 páginas
...fentiment, to that fine ftanza in Mr. Gray's elegy—.. "Theboaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, " And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, " Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. " The paths of glory lead but to the grave." No No tide of wine would drown your cares ; No mirth or mufick over-noife your fears.... | |
| William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 páginas
...difdainful fmile The 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, Awaits 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... | |
| 1780 - 226 páginas
...glory 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 ifle...fretted vault. The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife. Can ftoned urn or animated buft Back to its manfion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 428 páginas
...hum ducit honoris her. Nolite Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle...fretted vault The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife. Can ftoried urn or animated buft Back to its manfion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's... | |
| Thomas Sheridan - 1796 - 292 páginas
...beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, An ait alike th' inevitable hour. (Here emh tie fcntenci.) The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Forgive, ye proud, th' involuntary fault, Ye. Many found this word as if it were fpek yau. It ought to go trippingly off the tongue. If memory... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 páginas
...glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mcm'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing anthem iwelh the note of praifc. CARMEN ELEGIACUM, IN CAMITERIO It'STICO COMIOSITUM. AUdiftin ! quam lenta... | |
| 1877 - 564 páginas
...poem. It stands, as the poet wrote it, thus : — ' The boast 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.' In this passage the words ' inevitable hour ' are evidently used, by a poetical... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 páginas
...disdainful Smile The 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, Awaits alike th' inevitable Hour : The Paths of Glory lead but to the Grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the Fault, If Memory o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1863 - 456 páginas
...glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle...fretted vault The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife. Can ftoried urn, or animated buft, Back to its manfion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's... | |
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