 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...  Le cimetière de campagne: élégie anglaise - Stran 6avtor: Thomas Gray - 1805Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | 1800 - 322 strani
...fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, . ;' Or flatt'ry soothe the dull, cold-ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some...the rod of empire might have. sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. . But knowledge to their eyes her ample pige< Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 strani
...its mansion call the fleeting breath 1 Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust , Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this neglected...the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Kich with the spoil of time did... | |
 | 1803 - 294 strani
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps, in this neglected...Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or vvak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1804 - 224 strani
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time did... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 strani
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ; Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected...the rod of empire might have sway'd , Or wak'd to ecstacy the Jiving lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils of Time... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 strani
...its mansion call the fleeting 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 pregnant with relestial fire; Hands that the rod of nr.-'re might have sway'd, Or wak'd... | |
 | 1806 - 408 strani
...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...of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire : But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with... | |
 | 1806 - 330 strani
...fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can story 'd urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 strani
...its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flatt'ry sooth the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps in this neglected...that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 strani
...hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 60 MISCELLANIES. Can stoned urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ; Can Honour's...of death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial 6re; Hands that tlie rod of empire might have sway'd. Or wak'd... | |
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