 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pagine
...useful toil. Their homely joys and destiny obscure i Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile. The is hoard. But now, with sudden qualms possest, He wrings his hands, he beals fuult, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Where thro' thclong-drawnisleand fretted vault.... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pagine
...their useful toil. Their homely joys and destiny obscure; Nor Grandenr hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor yon, ye Prond ! impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro'... | |
 | Joseph Jefferson (Independent minister.) - 1809 - 38 pagine
...Elegy, written in a country churchyard; 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 ancient family of the Cufaudes had a vault also in this Chapel. This was not... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 308 pagine
...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, Await ajrle th' inevitable hour, The paths of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 pagine
...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...impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb uo trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisleand fretted vault. The peeling anthem swells the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pagine
...poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that weal. h e'er gave, .wait alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead...If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle and fretted vault, The peeling anthem swells the note of praise. 1 squilla... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 686 pagine
...Pauperis aúnales, liistoriasque breves ! The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough thelong-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pagine
...historiasque breves! The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gare, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory...grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pagine
...And all that beauty, all tliat wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of rlory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Wherethrough thelong-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pagine
...toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscurej Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short ami simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that weal.h e'er gave, •wait alike th' inevitable hour, The paths... | |
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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... 
