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 raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the... The Speaker's Garland and Literary Bouquet - Page 811876Full view - About this book
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pages
...If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted v.iult The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry soothe... | |
| Thomas Branagan - 1812 - 370 pages
...If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where ihro" the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth... | |
| 1814 - 310 pages
...memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. .Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe... | |
| Elegant poems - 1814 - 132 pages
...If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 pages
...Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth... | |
| William Scott - 1820 - 398 pages
...mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the leng drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. ' . Can storied urn, or animated bust, ,• v Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - 196 pages
...If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied...fleeting breath .' Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - 192 pages
...If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough the long-drawn aisleand fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth... | |
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