 | 1875 - 828 pages
...without hope."* How true it is that — "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 ! " Yet why should we wonder at such pompous vanity ! In 1768, a young married... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 456 pages
...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 of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1845 - 454 pages
...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 of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...or genius e'er conspired to bless.] 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. Nor you, ye proud ! impute to these2 the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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 of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Asa Humphrey - 1847 - 238 pages
...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 of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you. ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | 1872 - 506 pages
...sight in the direction of London.7 " 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." Although so large a number of writers have chronicled the life and doings of Sir... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...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 of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 pages
...simpleness and duty teiujpr it. — Shak. 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. Man's happiness or misery is, in a great measure,... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 pages
...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 of glory lead but to the grave ! Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
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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. 
