| Old Humphrey - 1845 - 264 sivua
...great — they are again reminded that " The boast of heraldry, the pomp 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." It has often struck me that profitable volumes might be gleaned from inscriptions... | |
| 1845 - 816 sivua
...must be familiar to every body : — "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beanty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave." And the following, we believe, though quoting from a thirty-three years' recollection... | |
| 1875 - 828 sivua
...without hope."* How true it is that — "The boast of heraldry, the pomp 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 ! " Yet why should we wonder at such pompous vanity ! In 1768, a young married... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 sivua
...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, the inevitable hour ; — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 sivua
...or genius e'er conspired to bless.] The boast of heraldry, the pomp 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 these2 the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 sivua
...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, 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... | |
| 1846 - 436 sivua
...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 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... | |
| 1872 - 506 sivua
...sight in the direction of London.7 " The boast of heraldry, the pomp 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." Although so large a number of writers have chronicled the life and doings of Sir... | |
| Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 sivua
...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 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... | |
| Wisconsin. Legislature. Senate - 1881 - 782 sivua
...sheperd's crook beside the scepter." " The boast of heraldry, the pomp 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." Though we have just seen a startling exemplification of the truth of these lines... | |
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