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" 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 note... "
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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A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

John Young - Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771 - 1810 - 432 pages
...mutter'd o'er thy tomb ?" has furnished the perhaps improved idea expressed in • • ' 'Though mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro' the...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. That funeral honours, however scrupulously paid, cannot " back from its mansion call the fleeting...
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Beauties of Poetry: Consisting of Elegant Selections from the Works of Pope ...

English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...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...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...
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Rights of God Written for the Benefit of Man: Or, the Impartiality of ...

Thomas Branagan - Charity - 1815 - 376 pages
...hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud' impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Where thro" the...the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the siienttinst, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death-? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...proud, impute to these a fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where though the long drawn aisle and fretted vault. The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can sto'ry'd urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice provoke...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 23

England - 1828 - 956 pages
...Through this midnight hush — methinks I hear faint and far off a sacred music, — " Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. The pealing anthem swells the note of praise !" How steeped in the beauty of moonlight are all those pale, pillared churches, courts and...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 398 pages
...impute to these a fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the leng drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells...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...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...impute to these a fault, If mem'ry 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 story 'd urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's voice pi-ovoke...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...impute to these a fault, If mem'ry 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 story'd urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting' breath I Can honour's voice provoke...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing...of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath .' Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant...
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The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors

English poetry - 1821 - 270 pages
...impute to these a fault, If mem'ry 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 story'd urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath;' Can honour's voice provoke...
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