 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  New National Fifth Reader - Page 436by Charles Joseph Barnes, J. Marshall Hawkes - 1884 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1874 - 588 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; NI ir grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to them the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle and... | |
 | Collection - 1755 - 378 pages
...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. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pages
...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. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | 1765 - 414 pages
...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. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long-drawn ifle and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 pages
...pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, aiika th' inevitable hour i 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 raife, Where, thro' the long-drawn ifle and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 140 pages
...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. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1770 - 136 pages
...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. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1770 - 402 pages
...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. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where through the long drawn ifte and... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1774 - 260 pages
...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. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
 | William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Awaits alike th' 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 raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
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