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" 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. "
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1894
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Critical Essays on Some of the Poems of Several English Poets

John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...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...
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A Trip Home; with Some Home-spun Yarns

Trip - 1842 - 466 pages
...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,...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1894 - 664 pages
...heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth, e'er gave, Avaitt alike the ¡Heritable hour, instead of await, the reading adopted in most...your readers tell me when the reading await was first used, and whether thete is any evidence that it had the sanction of the author; or was it a mere misprint?...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 56

Questions and answers - 1877 - 668 pages
...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. &...
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Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, Volume 2

Sir William Hamilton - First philosophy - 1870 - 590 pages
...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...
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Elegy written in a country churchyard. (Incipit Thomae Grai ... Elegorum ...

Thomas Gray - 1873 - 40 pages
...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...
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Gray's Elegy, tr. by H. Sewell. Amici recensuerunt, Volume 13

Thomas Gray - 1875 - 56 pages
...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...
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Between whiles, or Wayside amusements of a working life [an anthology of ...

Between whiles - 1877 - 448 pages
...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...
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Notes and Queries

Electronic journals - 1877 - 574 pages
...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,...
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Traveller ...: With Introduction, Life of the Author, Argument, & Notes

Oliver Goldsmith - 1879 - 184 pages
...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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