Let not Ambition mock their 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 heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave.... Elegant Extracts - Stran 22uredili: - 1809Celotni ogled - O knjigi
| Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 strani
...obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The Ihort and fimplc annals of the poor. The boaft fs, lay thy chaft'ning hand ! Mot in thy Gorgon terrors clad, Mor thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Wherethro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
| 1792 - 112 strani
...obfcure; Nor grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The short and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife , Where thro' the long-drawn ile and fretted... | |
| James Roach - 1792 - 284 strani
...fliort and fimple annals of the poor. The boafl of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, al! that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable...lead but to the grave* Nor you, ye proud ! impute to thefe the fault, If mcm'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife ; Where thro' the long drawn aifle and... | |
| T AGERTON - 1794 - 390 strani
...obfcure; 30 Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, Jf Memory... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 strani
...Ihort and limpie annals of the poor. The hoaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And З.Ц thatbsat:tv, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable...The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, yc proud, impute to thefc the fault, If mcm'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raifc, Where thro' the long-drawn... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1798 - 130 strani
...obfcure : Nor Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. 3i The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths uf glory lead but to the grave. 3^5 Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their... | |
| British poetical miscellany - 1805 - 262 strani
...obfcure ; Nor Grandeur hear, with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud! impute to thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where, through the long-drawn aifte and... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 strani
...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...the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 strani
...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...the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault... | |
| 1800 - 322 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 pow'r, : : And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gaves Await alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the .grave. '. Nor you,... | |
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