 | John Adams - Voyages and travels - 1816 - 352 pages
...these line* efGray arose in my mind : The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave ; Await alike, th' inevitable hour; The paths of Glory lead but to the grare. SECT. CXXXVIII. A PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION, BY THE ELEGANT AWTHORESS* OF TH^ MYSTERIES... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; SO 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, VARIATIONS. Ver. 25. Sickle] Sickles, Ms. W.... | |
 | Edwin B. Hamilton - Princesses - 1817 - 194 pages
...attending our history as a people. " 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 glory lead but to the GRAVE ! " Our readers are already apprised, that on the demise of any Member of the Royal... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 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 the inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike the inevitable hour: . % The paths of gJory lead — but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these a fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where though the long drawn aisle and fretted... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 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...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. Can storied... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...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 a fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the leng drawn aisle and fretted... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obrcure : Nor grandeur hear, with a tludainful »mile, 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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 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, the inevitable hour ; The paths... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 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...If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle and fretted vault, The peeling anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied... | |
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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... 
