The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. the english anthology - Seite 89von T AGERTON - 1794Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 Seiten
...; 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 all the air. inspiring joyful awe ; The... | |
| Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 350 Seiten
...obscure, Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful »mile, 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, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead —but to the grave. Nor you,... | |
| Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 252 Seiten
...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, Await alike the inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead —but to the grave. Nor yon,... | |
| Book - 1841 - 164 Seiten
...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,...wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If mem'ry... | |
| Martyn Lloyd-Jones - 1986 - 228 Seiten
...the principle of death in it. And you no longer live for it and you no longer boast of it. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Thomas Gray... | |
| W. K. Thomas, Warren U. Ober - 1989 - 348 Seiten
...Thomas Gray did in those lines in his Elegy addressed in particular to Ambition and Grandeur: The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.83 Gray presumably... | |
| Marshall Brown - 1991 - 516 Seiten
...as to contrast them. They share life as well as illusions. Death destroys the illusions: "The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, / And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave." But it does not put out the flame of life, which survives, perhaps only in epitaphs and... | |
| Brian Short - 1992 - 260 Seiten
...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, Awaits alike th'inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. This version... | |
| Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 Seiten
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Memory... | |
| Philip Koch - 1994 - 400 Seiten
...known, this is the one.") A few lines may serve to give the tone of Gray's pensive solitude: The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Full many a gem... | |
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