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" Let not Ambition mock their 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... "
The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ... - Page 89
by Thomas Gray - 1800 - 223 pages
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 7

Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...(hört and umple annals of the poor. The boall 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 buc to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies...
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The Looking-glass for the Mind: Or The Juvenile Friend

Berquin (M., Arnaud) - Children's stories, French - 1805 - 294 pages
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp 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. Full many a gem, ofpureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry

Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...(hort and (irn;'le unnals of the pour. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of powV, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable hour ; The paths of plory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem ry o'er their tomb...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 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...grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 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...wealth e'er gave. Await alike th' inevitable hour : ' .M The paths of glory lead but to the grava. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If meoi'ry...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...short and simple annals of the pocr. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th* inevitable,...Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to these the fault, If Mern'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...break upon thee in a flood of day ! 141 The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, to these impute the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and desliny ohscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th'inevitable hour; The paths of...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 78, Part 1; Volume 103

Early English newspapers - 1808 - 646 pages
...quote with some little variation. " The blaze of heraldry, the pump of" power1, And all that valsur, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." This window .would have a very fine effect, was it of a dilferent make; but it is...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...usual 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 Cf pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, ' Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths...
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