 | John Barrow - Bavaria (Germany) - 1841 - 404 pages
...to the careless observer, that — " The bout of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." Some of the graves, more carefully attended to than the greater part of them, had... | |
 | Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners - Child welfare - 1841 - 448 pages
...Parse the following sentences : — The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the inevitable hour, — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 2. The sun that shone bright all the day Has now gone quite out of our sight ; And... | |
 | sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) - 1841 - 948 pages
...the degrada- 1813. tion of France. " The boast of chivalry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave ; Await alike the inevitable hour — The paths of glory lead but to the grave." The Old Guard halted at Rippail, near the spot where Bessieres had been slain the... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...simple annals of the poor,. | The boast of heraldry, | the pomp of power, | And all that beauty, | all that wealth' , e'er gave,, | 'Await, alike, the...inevitable hour, — | The paths of glory ,, lead , but to the Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault,, \ If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1841 - 234 pages
...great — they are again reminded that " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." It has often struck me that profitable volumes might be gleaned from inscriptions... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...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, Await 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... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Christian life - 1844 - 278 pages
...great — they are again reminded that " The boast of heraldry, the pomp ef power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave." It has often struck me that profitable volume* might be gleaned from inscriptions... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of poweV, And all that beauty, built its neet in the Peak of Derbyshire.— (See Willtnii)hl>!f'is Ornithology, publi but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
 | Theology - 1859 - 880 pages
...highly prizes, vanity is inscribed. " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave." What Cardinal Wolsey said on his bed of death confirms it — " Vain pomp and glory... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And. all that beauty, 844 leaU but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies... | |
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The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. 
