| William Enfield - 1808 - 434 páginas
...with a disdainful smile, . The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp Cf pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, ' Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to thfi grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their... | |
| 1808 - 646 páginas
...quote with some little variation. " The blaze of heraldry, the pump of" power1, And all that valsur, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." This window .would have a very fine effect, was it of a dilferent... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...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 of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fuult, If mem'ry o'er their... | |
| Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 páginas
...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,...e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. The ancient family of the Cufaudes had a vault also in this Chapel.... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 308 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 ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beanty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye Prond ! impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 páginas
...opus! Nec fronte exoipiat ventosa Supcrbi.i torv» Puuperis auuaicj, historiasque breves! The boast son; J. Ni D" of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 páginas
...orais! Nf'1 fronte exeipiat ventosa Superbia torvm J'auoeris annalea, historiasque breves! The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gare, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
| Evan Jones - 1810 - 176 páginas
...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... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 páginas
...short and simple annals of the 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... | |
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