 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 352 pages
...these line* efGray arose in my mind : The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave ; Await alike, th' inevitable hour; The paths of Glory lead but to the grare. SECT. CXXXVIII. A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION, BY THE ELEGANT AWTHORESS* OF TH^ MYSTERIES... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...Alas! Death mows down all with an impartial hand.'" t Await alike th' inevitable hour. 35 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 raise, Where through the long-drawn isle and... | |
 | Edwin B. Hamilton - Princesses - 1817 - 194 pages
...attending our history as a people. " 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 ! " Our readers are already apprised, that on the demise of any Member of the Royal... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 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 memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...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...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 Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 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 a fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle and... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 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 a fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the leng drawn aisle and... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...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 Proud, impute to these the fault. If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | William Harmon - Literary Collections - 1998 - 386 pages
...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 Proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - Fiction - 1999 - 524 pages
...not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth...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 aile and... | |
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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. 
