 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 sivua
...simpleness and duty teiujpr it. — Shak. 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. — Gray. LESSON XVI.— RULE XII. Man's happiness or misery is, in a great measure,... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 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... | |
 | E. A. ANSLEY - 1849 - 288 sivua
...of the wind." — Psalm xviii. 10. "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." — Gray. :t Audire magnos jam videor duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidos ! ! "... | |
 | 1926 - 538 sivua
...quoting from Gray's ' Elegy ' : — 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. " Gentlemen," said he, " I would sooner have written that poem than take Quebec."... | |
 | 1849 - 570 sivua
...advantages are but for a season. — " 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." Many are the instances in which those in lowly circumstances have raised themselves... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 sivua
...short and simple annals of the poor. 35 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 (ault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 sivua
...- mind. The boast - of heraldry, the pomp - of power, And - all - that beauty, - all - that pomp - e'er - gave, Await^ - alike, - the inevitable-- hour ; The paths - of glory - lead - but - to the grave. He - that has - long - cultivated - the tree, and - pleased himself - with computing... | |
 | W. Daniell - 1850 - 408 sivua
...! Great arbiter of life and death ! "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 " "A little pomp, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the great and... | |
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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. 
