| John Barrow - 1841 - 404 pages
...to the careless observer, that — " The bout 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." Some of the graves, more carefully attended to than the greater part of them, had... | |
| Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...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 Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault,, \ If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1915 - 666 pages
...poet's view of life when he says: " 'The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the inevitable...hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.' "The path of glory does not, in the truest sense, lead to the grave, but those who have lived for others... | |
| 1859 - 886 pages
...highly prizes, vanity is inscribed. " 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." What Cardinal Wolsey said on his bed of death confirms it — " Vain pomp and glory... | |
| Old Humphrey - 1844 - 278 pages
...great — they are again reminded that " The boast of heraldry, the pomp ef 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." It has often struck me that profitable volume* might be gleaned from inscriptions... | |
| English poetry - 1844 - 108 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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of poweV, And all that beauty, built its neet in the Peak of Derbyshire.— (See Willtnii)hl>!f'is Ornithology, publi but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And. all that beauty, 844 leaU 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... | |
| 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... | |
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