Nor Grandeur hear with a 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 Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. The Beauties of English Poesy - Page 54by Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Full view - About this book
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...poor. The boaft of heraldry^ the pomp of poVr, And all that beauty* all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead...If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife, Can ftoried... | |
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...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 no Trophies raifo, Where thro" the long-drawn ifle and .fretted vault The pealing anthem fwells the note of praife.... | |
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