 Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The 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.  Poems Arranged by Grades & Recommended for Reading & Memorizing - Stran 61avtor: Michigan. State Board of Library Commissioners - 1915 - 69 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 strani
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure! [smile Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...alike the Inevitable hour, — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Kor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 strani
...their useful toil, Their homeh I destiny obscure ; 30 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, Solemn, the knell from yonder ancient pile Fills... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 350 strani
...useful toil, Their homely joys and destiny obscure, Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful »mile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead —but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 252 strani
...useful toil, Tbeir homely joys and destiny obscure, Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead —but to the grave. Nor yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 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 heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour, — The paths... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 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 heraldry', the pomp of power', And all that beauty', all that wealth' . . e'er3 gave', Await', alike', the inevitable hour';... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1835 - 1056 strani
...witness the degradation of France. " The boast of chivalry, 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 ! " The Old Guard halted at Rippail, near the spot where Bessieres had been slain... | |
 | 1835 - 616 strani
...Simplicity of Character. .,,, B. STANZAS. " 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." And more— the lyre of genius, must be swept By the unfeeling touch of death's... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 strani
...Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; 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. Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle, and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the... | |
 | Henry Pidgeon - 1837 - 264 strani
...building, although of modern date, contains several tasteful memorials which indicate, " All that virtue, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave." Among these may be mentioned a large panelled tablet, having a bust of the deceased... | |
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