| John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 544 páginas
...difdain* fully at the annals of the poor' V. 33. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Awaits* alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. * This ftanza is characterized by energy, and melody, in the higheft degree. Poetry... | |
| Trip - 1842 - 466 páginas
...noble, and wealthy families — thus proving that " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave/' Gray. In perusing the inscriptions on the different monuments, one character struck... | |
| 1894 - 666 páginas
...'ELBOY.'—Most editions now contain the reading— The bout of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour, instead of await, the reading adopted in most editions for a century past. Oan any of your readers... | |
| 1877 - 668 páginas
...Ulceby. " AWAITS " (5th S. vii. 166, 274, 439.)— " The boast of her.ildry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave." I must confess that until I saw the criticisms in " N. & Q." I never thought there... | |
| Sir William Hamilton - 1870 - 590 páginas
...same contrast illuminates the stanza of Gray : " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike the inevitable hour ; The patha of glory lead but to the grave." And in what else does the beauty of the following line consist,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1873 - 40 páginas
...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 awaits 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1875 - 56 páginas
...suporbo Deneget obscuri quœrere gesta loci. IX. The boast of heraldry, the pomp uf power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Awaits alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. IX. Quicquid honos, vel opes vel pukhne gratia formic Vel Majestatis pompa superba... | |
| 1877 - 574 páginas
...Some remarks on the following stanza of Gray, — ' The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Awaits alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave,' — seemed to me so contrary to the received opinion, that [ looked into the matter.... | |
| Between whiles - 1877 - 448 páginas
...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 awaits 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... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1879 - 184 páginas
...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, Awaits alike the inevitable hour. 35 The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory... | |
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