 | 1751 - 684 pages
...the poor. The boaft of heratdiy, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er give, Awaits alike th* inevitable hour ) The paths of glory...involuntary fault, If memory to thefe no trophies raife, Wilt e thro' the Kmg-dmvn ifle, and fretted vault [piaife. The pealing anthem fwells the note of Can... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1753 - 168 pages
...difdainful fmile, The fhort and funple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike...of glory, lead but to the grave. Forgive, ye proud, th' involuntary fault, If memory to thefe no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | John Newbery - 1762 - 292 pages
...difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft 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. E Forgive, ye proud, th' involuntary fault, If memory to thefe no trophies raife,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 142 pages
...difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boafl 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. Nor you,, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. 9The boaft 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. • / i0k Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1772 - 228 pages
...fentiment, to that fine ftanza in Mr. Gray's elegy—.. "Theboaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, " And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, " Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. " The paths of glory lead but to the grave." No No tide of wine would drown your cares ; No mirth or mufick over-noife your fears.... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...difdainful fmile The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | 1877 - 564 pages
...poem. It stands, as the poet wrote it, thus : — ' 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.' In this passage the words ' inevitable hour ' are evidently used, by a poetical... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...disdainful Smile The 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, Awaits 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... | |
 | Epigrammatists - 1870 - 654 pages
...Gray's '• Elegy " is familiar : The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, nil that wealth e'er gave. Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. JAMES THOMSON. Born 1700. Died 1748. TO AMANDA, WITS A COPT OF THE "SEASONS." Accept,... | |
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And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 
