Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The 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. Lancashire Sketches - Page 240by Edwin Waugh - 1869 - 309 pagesFull view - About this book
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...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boa ft 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 thefe the fault, . If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pages
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| Thomas James Mathias - 1797 - 208 pages
...above all in that famous 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. A %*/?'y EyyEvEaiv, -xfLpis '<n Gasi\-n'iSos apx*?> ta. S««, \a' oXa/XE,... | |
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| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The 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 hour. The paths of... | |
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