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" Await 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 raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the... "
Poetical selections, consisting of the most approved pieces of our best ... - Page 169
by Poetical selections - 1811
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Poétique anglaise, Volume 3

Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...'m*gttifiqtie9 Attester de lews ttoms le né Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied...honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps-in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can stoned urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ; Can Honour's...of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial 6re; Hands that tlie rod of empire might have sway'd. Or wak'd...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can story 'd urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's...ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the Ions-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated hust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied...of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or...
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The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a ...

James Johnson - Voyages and travels - 1807 - 430 pages
...the spot where he died. But, alas ! Can storied urn? or animated bust, • Back to its mansion draw the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust? Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death ? . On the 3d of November, at day-light in the morning, his Majesty's...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can stoned urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? , , Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied...ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vanlt, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe...
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