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" ... 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 note of praise.... "
The Class Book, Etc - Page 229
by John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 236 pages
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...swells the oote of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, I Back to its mansion call the fleetmg breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust,...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wake to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. 40 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 the dull cold ear of death ? Ver. 37. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault.]...
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Œuvres de M.J. Chénier ...: précédés d'une notice sur Chénier, Volume 3

Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 464 pages
...the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold car of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid...Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre : But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils...
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The Poetical Works

Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, I lack to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid It Some heart once...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

1826 - 310 pages
...fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Bark to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or Flattery sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once...
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...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 the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once...
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The Art of Reading, Or, Rules for the Attainment of a Just and Correct ...

1826 - 82 pages
...the voice with the rising inflection on the word death : Can story'd urn or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of death ? As the sense of the word or, that is, whether it means...
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The Works of Thomas Gray, Esq

Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 pages
...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...the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd- to extasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to it's mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice...dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death F Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...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 sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart once...
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