 Await alike th' 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 raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note...  England and Wales - Page 1731876Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 186 pages
...these the fault, 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 urn or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1800 - 223 pages
...these the fault, 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 urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Perhaps in this... | |
 | 1801
...INSCRIPTIONS. 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 the dull cold ear of death ? THE Elegy of Gray (from which I have here quoted a verse, as a kind of motto) is universally admired... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 207 pages
...these the fault, 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 urn, or animated bust, Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry sooth... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 376 pages
...these the fault , If Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise , Where thro' the long-drawn isle, and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note...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... | |
 | E. Tomkins - Didactic poetry, English - 1804 - 256 pages
...these the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomh no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated hust Back to its mansion call the nesting hreath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Perhaps... | |
 | Robert Blair - 1804
...their tomb.no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthern swells the 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 sooth... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806
...4es1totrit>eaia'x 'm*gttifiqtie9 Attester de lews ttoms le né Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 380 pages
...to These the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn isle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the 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 soothe... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806
...these the fault, ' If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the Ions-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise. Can storied urn or animated hust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart... | |
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