 | Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 pàgines
...obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The biast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud' impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Where thro" the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | John Adams - 1816 - 352 pàgines
...these line* efGray arose in my mind : The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave ; Await alike, th' inevitable hour; The paths of Glory lead but to the grare. SECT. CXXXVIII. A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION, BY THE ELEGANT AWTHORESS* OF TH^ MYSTERIES... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pàgines
...fhort and iimple 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 ! Si Nor yoUi ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pàgines
...obscure; SO 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, VARIATIONS. Ver. 25. Sickle] Sickles, Ms. W. NOTES. Ver. 27. How jocund did they drive their... | |
 | Edwin B. Hamilton - 1817 - 194 pàgines
...attending our history as a people. " 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 ! " Our readers are already apprised, that on the demise of any Member of the Royal... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pàgines
...power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the 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 raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pàgines
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory... | |
 | Philip Koch - 1994 - 400 pàgines
...known, this is the one.") A few lines may serve to give the tone of Gray's pensive solitude: 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. Full many a gem... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pàgines
...obscure; 30 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. Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, Tremper Longman III - 2010 - 1086 pàgines
...obstacle, but in death they meet their match. As the eighteenth-century poet Thomas Gray wrote, "The boast 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" (Elegy Written... | |
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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. 
