 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 pages
...ornamented abbey of a crowded city : " 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." Think not that I speak in derision, or censure, N 2 in thus glancing at the peculiarities... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 462 pages
...Nature, Gray, and Cook seem to contend for the mastery; but above all in that great stanza; " 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." AX a P'i... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1799 - 786 pages
...Nature, Cray, and Cook feem to contend fur the mattery ; but above all in that great ftanza ; " The boaft 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." GIAY. A... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...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...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...of 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 thefe the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife. Where through the long-drawn aifte and fretted vault, The... | |
 | 1800 - 322 pages
...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 gaves Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the .grave. '. Nor you,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 pages
...obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difd.iinful fmile, The Short and nmple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er i;.r, <.-, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
 | Thomas James Mathias - 1803 - 614 pages
...Nature, Gray, and Cook seem to contend for the mastery ; but above all in that great stanza ; " 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." GRAY. AX*P'r... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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...lead but to the grave. Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise , Where thro' the long-drawn isle, and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 pages
...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...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and... | |
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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. 
