 | 1829 - 38 trang
...falling on the leading caesura : " The boast of heraldry, | the pomp of 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." GRAY. It is remarkable that these instances are mostly found in words derived from... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 806 trang
...ancient veins, ere heraldry began. Id. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of 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. Gray'* Elegy. Pluck the others, but still remember Their Herald out of dim December—-... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 trang
...useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...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 fretted... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 trang
...war be considered ? SECTION XIII. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." — GRAY. G. Enthu'siasm, a. heat of the imagina- I 9. Predilec'tion, s. prepossession... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 trang
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure! [smile Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...alike the Inevitable hour, — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Kor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 350 trang
...useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure, Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful »mile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...—but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle and fretted... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 252 trang
...useful toil, Tbeir homely joys and destiny obscure, Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...: The paths of glory lead —but to the grave. Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 trang
...poor'. The boast of heraldry', the pomp of power', And all that beauty', all that wealth' . . e'er3 gave', Await', alike', the inevitable hour'; The paths...to the grave'. Nor you', ye proud', impute to these the fault', If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies5 raise', Where', through the long-drawn aisle' and... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 1056 trang
...witness the degradation of France. " The boast of chivalry, the pomp of 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 ! " The Old Guard halted at Rippail, near the spot where Bessieres had been slain... | |
 | 1835 - 616 trang
...Simplicity of Character. .,,, B. STANZAS. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of 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." And more— the lyre of genius, must be swept By the unfeeling touch of death's... | |
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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of 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. 
