 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 - Seite 22herausgegeben von - 1809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Harmon, Professor William Harmon - 1998 - 360 Seiten
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | John McRae - 1998 - 156 Seiten
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead but to the grave. I Notice that... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1999 - 520 Seiten
...nd), 98-102, 104-5.] Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...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 aile and fretted vault... | |
 | Stephanie Sandler - 1999 - 365 Seiten
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; 30 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, ^ fe "S: • Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. 3 5 The paths of glory lead but to the grave.... | |
 | David L. Larsen - 1999 - 639 Seiten
...the hope of redemption with Pope's earthbound, cheerless perspective. 7.2.4 GRAY, LONELY MEDITATOR The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all...alike th' inevitable hour: — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. — Thomas Gray "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" One of the best known poems... | |
 | William Blake - 2000 - 128 Seiten
...!hon and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft 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 thefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raife, Where thro' the long-drawn ai I1c and... | |
 | Kent Gramm - 2001 - 344 Seiten
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable Hour. The Paths of Glory lead but to the Grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | R. Lionel Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe - 2005 - 304 Seiten
...Churchyard and had a verse from Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" engraved on it: The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r And all that...alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Fortunately for all the poor and needy whom Jack helped, he didn't occupy his pyramid... | |
 | John Reid - 2005 - 151 Seiten
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2006 - 486 Seiten
...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, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye... | |
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