 | Collection - 1755 - 378 pagine
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...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 ifle and fretted... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pagine
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e.er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...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 ifle and fretted... | |
 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 308 pagine
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...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 ifle and fretted... | |
 | 1765 - 414 pagine
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...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 ifle and... | |
 | Collection - 1765 - 418 pagine
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry^ the pomp of poVr, And all that beauty* all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...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 ifle and... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - 1765 - 412 pagine
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, 1 And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but p the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 288 pagine
...The loaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, A .A ait, alike th' inevitable hour : The paths of glory 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 ifle and... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 pagine
...pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, aiika th' inevitable hour i The paths of glory 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 ifle and... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 140 pagine
...fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that bgauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...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 ifle and fretted... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 142 pagine
...poor. The boafl 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. Nor you,, ye Proud, impute to Thefe the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ifle and fretted... | |
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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 power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave... 
