 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 320 sider
...to contend for the mastery.' The English quatrain must be familiar to every body : — ' 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.' And the following,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 320 sider
...seem to contend for the mastery.' The English quatrain must be familiar to every body: — ' 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.' And the following,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 318 sider
...to contend for the mastery.' The English quatrain must be familiar to every body : — ' 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.' And the following,... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1853 - 338 sider
...seem to contend for the mastery.' The English quatrain must be familiar to every body: — ' 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.' And the following,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 sider
...stroke." 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 alike th' inevitable hour. 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 368 sider
...stroke." Nor grandcur 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 weolth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. ss The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1854 - 102 sider
...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 alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 sider
...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, alike, the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead—but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
 | James A. Wade - 1861 - 430 sider
...master-trait of every passion that sways the human breast." MELROSE ABBEY. — THE TOMBS. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that worth e'er gave ; Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. " GRAY.... | |
 | Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 sider
...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... | |
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