| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry,5 the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave, Await alike the inevitable hour : — The paths...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... | |
| Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 324 pages
...simpleness and duty tender it. — Sltak. 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 of glory lead but to the grave. — Gray. LESSON XVI.— RULE XII. 4-Man's happiness or misery is, in a great measure,... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1852 - 512 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...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... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 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...The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, y( proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the... | |
| English literature - 1852 - 460 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...The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, yr proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the... | |
| Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 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...The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, yc proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through the... | |
| English literature - 1852 - 248 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...— The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, yc proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 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...The paths of glory lead — but to the grave. Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, through... | |
| Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 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...alike, the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead — but to the grave. ' THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST." YES, it must moulder in the grave, This... | |
| United States. Congress - Legislators - 1954 - 152 pages
...recall the stanza which reads as follows: 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 of glory lead but to the grave. I know that if Gray had known the kindness and the sweetness of Senator HOEY he would... | |
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