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. Poems - Página 112de Thomas Gray - 1768 - 119 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 páginas
...poor. The boast of heraldry, the pornp of pow'r, And all that beauty all that wealth e'ervgave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory 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 ihro" the long-drawn aisle and... | |
| 1814 - 310 páginas
...poor. 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* Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the>fault,' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 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, ye... | |
| 1814 - 670 páginas
...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... | |
| 1814 - 678 páginas
...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... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1815 - 376 páginas
...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, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud'... | |
| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 páginas
...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... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 páginas
...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... | |
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