 | James Johnson - 1807 - 430 pàgines
...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 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, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
 | Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 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, Await alike th' inevitable hour; — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
 | 1814 - 670 pàgines
...the author was living. IRREGULAR ODE. ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. 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. HARK to that... | |
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 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, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead—but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | 1814 - 678 pàgines
...the author was living. IRREGULAR ODE. ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. 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. HARK to that... | |
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