 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 pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave....  Elegant Extracts - Strona 22pod redakcją - 1809Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Elegant poems - 1814 - Liczba stron: 132
...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...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 o'er their tomb no... | |
 | 1814 - Liczba stron: 678
...Within which the author was living. IRREGULAR ODE. ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. HARK to that paean song, whose choral lay Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S .smiling... | |
 | 1814 - Liczba stron: 670
...Within which the author was living. IRREGULAR ODE. ON THE DEATH OF THE EMPRESS CATHARINE II. OF RUSSIA. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...alike th' inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. HARK to that paean song, whose choral lay Sounds the glad march of FREEDOM'S smiling... | |
 | 1814 - Liczba stron: 310
...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 th' inevitable...but to the grave* Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the>fault,' If memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - 1815 - Liczba stron: 376
...obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The biast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...the grave. Nor you, ye proud' impute to these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise. Where thro" the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - Liczba stron: 446
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; SO Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of...pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, VARIATIONS. Ver. 25. Sickle] Sickles, Ms. W. NOTES. Ver. 27. How jocund did they drive their... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - Liczba stron: 548
...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...the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - Liczba stron: 358
...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 th' inevitable...the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long drawn aisle and fretted... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - Liczba stron: 192
...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...pomp of pow'r. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike Hi' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1821 - Liczba stron: 196
...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...pomp of pow'r. And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike ih' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,... | |
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