Await alike th' 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... Favourite English poems and poets - Page 301by English poems - 1870 - 672 pagesFull view - About this book
| David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 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,...note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath T Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 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,...aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the notes of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ?... | |
| Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour; — Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. 5 Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honor's... | |
| Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 372 pages
...wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. "0. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. 11. Can storied urn or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honor's... | |
| Henry Drury - English poetry - 1851 - 386 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,...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... | |
| Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 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,...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... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 472 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,...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... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 pages
...The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,...of praise.' Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath i Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe... | |
| Richard Green Parker - English language - 1851 - 468 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,...of praise.' Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath 1 Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe... | |
| English language - 1851 - 278 pages
...glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle,...Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull, cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant... | |
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