| English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...Their homely joys and deftiny obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp...hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er the Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro'... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1775 - 168 pages
...-homely joys, and deftiny obfcure-; Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The fliort aid fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The path of glory leads but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Memory o'er... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...Ihort and fimple annals of the poor. The boafl 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. Nor Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro'... | |
| English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...Ihort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all ftiat beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. or you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, Jf Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...more ftrongly drawn, than this of ' Grandeur fmiling difdain* fully at the annals of the poor' V. 33. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Awaits* alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. * This ftanza... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...drawn, than this of ' Grandeur fmiling difdain' fully at the annals of the poor.' - ^ • 33' ^*ne boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Awaits * alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. This ftanza... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...fliort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft 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 tViefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And aH that beauty,. all that weafth, e'er gave,-- Await, alike, th' inevitable hour : The...glory lead — but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impflte to thefe the fault, If Hiera'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where, through the long-drawn... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 428 pages
...homely joys, and deftiny obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The lhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gaw, Await alike th' inevitable hour '. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Not Hos nee... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 372 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft 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 graven Nor you, ye Proud, impute to thefe the fault,, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
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