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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. "
Readings from English History: From Cromwell to Balaklava - Page 77
by John Richard Green - 1879
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The English Language in Its Elements and Forms: With a History of Its Origin ...

William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...IX. THE ARTICLE "TH K." RULE IX.The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, a!l that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. CS b. Beware of drunkenness: it impairs an understanding; •wastes an estate; destroys...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 31

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1852 - 750 pages
...of beating the French to-morrow ;' and while the oars struck the river as it rippled in the sileuce of the night air under the flowing tide, he repeated:...appointed duty, when at one o'clock in the morning of the 13th September, Wolfe, with Monckton and Murray, and about half the forces, set off in boats, and,...
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A Book for a Corner, Or Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 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, yc proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies...
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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 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, y( proud, impute to these the fault, If memory o'er their tomb no trophies...
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First collection of instructive extracts

Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 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 yon, ye proud, impute to these the fault If memory o'er their tomb no trophies...
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Choice descriptive poetry, selected by a lady

Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 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. ' THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE FIRST." YES, it must moulder in the grave, This...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Kentucky State Bar Association ...

Kentucky State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1910 - 276 pages
...but think with Thomas Grey, 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." And again we are reminded, when we contemplate those who were great lawyers, but...
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Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American Cotton ...

Cotton growing - 1916 - 234 pages
...independence of action and freedom of thought. "The boast of heraldry, the pomp or 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." Resolved, that these resolutions be transcribed in the minute book of the Association....
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Memorial Services Held in the Senate and House of Representatives of the ...

United States. Congress - Legislators - 1954 - 154 pages
...recall the stanza which reads as follows: 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. I know that If Gray had known the kindness and the sweetness of Senator HOEY he would...
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Memorial Services Held in the Senate and House of Representatives of the ...

United States. Congress - Legislators - 1954 - 152 pages
...recall the stanza which reads as follows: 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. I know that if Gray had known the kindness and the sweetness of Senator HOEY he would...
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