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 and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the... The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Página 50por Thomas Gray - 1821 - 134 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 páginas
...impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 páginas
...that weal.h e'er gave, •wait alike th' inevitable hour, The paths <j£ glory lead but to the ^rave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the Ions drawn aisle and fretted vault, Tile peeling anthem swells tile note of praise.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 páginas
...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, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 páginas
...And all that beauty, all tliat wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of rlory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough thelong-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
| John Young - 1810 - 432 páginas
...reception of E slender foods, will nauseate the full meal set before him in these lines ; Where, through the long-drawn aisle, and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Of this last line, however, criticism must remark, that either the composition of the thought... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 páginas
...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, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted v.iult The... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 páginas
...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 fretted vault, The pealing... | |
| 1814 - 310 páginas
...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 fretted... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 páginas
...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 mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing... | |
| 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,...fault, ' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.... | |
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