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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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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle, and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to it's mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, a Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 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 voice provoke the silent dust, Or flalt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death I PerAaps, in this neglected spot is laid Some heart, once...
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A Year in Europe: Comprising a Journal of Observations in England ..., Volume 1

John GRISCOM - Europe - 1823 - 532 pages
...collections, feel the force of that poetic interrogation, Can storied um, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? To the " cold ear" of departed heroes and philosophers,...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...o'er their tomb no trophies raise, [vault, Where through the long drawn aisle, and fretted The peeling warming puff Regale chill'd fingers ; or from tube...polish'djet, Exhale mundungus, ill perfuming scent : Not flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once...
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œuvres de M. J. Chénier ...: précédés d'une notice sur Chénier, Volume 3

Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 pages
...vendirent pas Le faste du néant, les hymnes du trépas; Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid \ Some heart once...
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The soldier's companion, or Martial recorder, consisting of biography ...

Soldier - 1824 - 518 pages
...manner. (BY JOHN PRINCE SMITH, ESQ. BARRISTER-AT-LAW.) "CAN storied urn, or animated bust, " Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath; " Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, " Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death?" No—this sad pile MACKINNON'S worth records; • Here...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English ...

William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath I Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt' ry...
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Œuvres de M.J. Chénier ...: précédés d'une notice sur Chénier, Volume 3

Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...vendirent pas Le faste du néant, les hymnes du trépas; Can storied -uni, or animated bust, Back to ils mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once...
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The Actor's Budget: Consisting of Monologues, Prologues, Epilogues, and ...

William Oxberry - Theater - 1824 - 402 pages
...o'er their tomb na trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealin* anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust, Bank to its mansion call the fleeting1 breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - Fore-edge painting - 1825 - 346 pages
...fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. 40 Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Ver. 37. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault.]...
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