 | A. Yosy - 1823 - 304 pages
...infallibly overtake us at the last ! '•' The pride of wisdom, and the pomp of power, And all thai beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave !" ' How little do we know what a day may bring forth !' Over our fairest prospects,... | |
 | Susan Linn De Witt - 1823 - 496 pages
...visit in the morning. CHAPTER II. " 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." JUSTINA, on her return from church, entered the parlour, and found there assembled... | |
 | William Scott - 1823 - 396 pages
...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 mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle and... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...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...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... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 402 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all 'hat beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave. Nor you ye proud, impute to these the f iuhr If Mem'ry o'er their tomb na trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | Brian Short - 1992 - 260 pages
...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, Awaits alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. This version... | |
 | Philip Koch - 1994 - 400 pages
...known, this is the one.") A few lines may serve to give the tone of Gray's pensive solitude: 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. Full many a gem... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...obscure; 30 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. Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 pages
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast have a little Boat, Shaped like the crescent- moon. 12817 'She Was a e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 4292 Elegy Written... | |
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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. 
