 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 power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave,...  Parnassus - Sida 172redigerad av - 1880 - 534 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sidor
...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...note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 sidor
...of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud,...note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 284 sidor
...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...of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery sooth... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 sidor
...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...If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied... | |
 | Marie-Joseph Chénier - 1824 - 460 sidor
...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...fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Rien ne peut les troubler dans leur couche dernière : Ni le clairon du coq annonçant la lumière;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sidor
...useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High overshadowing...the ancient town Yclept Brechinia, or where Vega's [vault, Where through the long drawn aisle, and fretted The peeling anthem swells the note of praise.... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 sidor
...power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud,...note of praise. Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath I Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt' ry... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 sidor
...homely joys, and destiny obseure ; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple ;nmaK te ; As if it sigh'd with eaeh man's eare For being so remote ; Think how Baek to its mansion eall the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voiee provoke the silent dust, Or flattery... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 sidor
...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...note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, I lack to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery... | |
 | 1826 - 310 sidor
...of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud,...note of praise. Can storied urn, or animated bust, Bark to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or Flattery... | |
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