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 - Página 301por English poems - 1870 - 672 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 páginas
...o'er their tomb no trophies raise, [vault, Where through the long drawn aisle, and fretted The peeling warming puff Regale chill'd fingers ; or from tube...polish'djet, Exhale mundungus, ill perfuming scent : Not flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...power. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths on soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled...the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia eheeks her Baek to its mansion eall the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voiee provoke the silent dust, Or flattery... | |
| 1826 - 310 páginas
...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 th' inevitable...note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Bark to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or Flattery... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 páginas
...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, I lack to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery... | |
| John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 páginas
...glory lead but to the grave ! Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tombs no trophies raise, Where, through the long-drawn aisle...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... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 páginas
...blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire"s return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share....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... | |
| John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 páginas
...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 the...breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart once... | |
| George Merriam - 1828 - 282 páginas
...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...? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, . Or flattery sooth the dull, cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart, once... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 páginas
...power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour j — 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 duH, cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this neglected spot, is laid Some heart, once... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...inevitable hour I—- The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fanlt ng o Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregimut with celestial flre ; Hands that the... | |
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